Kanva

Shakuntala, ashamed, cannot face her father Kanva when he returns. But the sage already knows everything through his divine sight. He not only blesses the union as lawful but foretells the birth of a son who will rule the world.

Shakuntala arrives at King Duhshanta's court with the son he fathered and promised a throne — only to be denied. She freezes for a moment. Then she speaks: about the god who witnesses every act from within the heart, about what a wife is, and about what happens to kings who lie.