A History of Indian Literature v1.c9.s4.8

v1.c9.s4.8

There are very probably also many old and genuine verses preserved in the dialogue between Śakuntalā, who stands up for her rights and those of her son, and the king who does not wish to acknowledge her. In any case a dialogue of this kind must have formed one of the principal parts of the old narrative, and moralising maxims, like the following beautiful verse, may have occurred in Śakuntalā’s speech: