A History of Indian Literature v1.c9.s4.5

v1.c9.s4.5

“The mother is but the leathern bag (for the preservation of the seed), it is to the father that the child belongs; the son, whom he has begotten, is himself.² Cherish³, thy son, Duṣyanta, do not scorn, Śakuntalā!
A son, O King, who begets offspring again, leads (the fathers) up (to heaven) out of Yama’s abode. And thou art the creator of this seed, Śakuntalā has spoken the truth.”