KA[S']YAPA.
Know that he, too, will become the monarch of the
wholes earth. Observe,
Soon, a resistless hero, shall he cross
The trackless ocean, borne above the waves
In an aërial car; and shall subdue
The earth's seven sea-girt isles[128]. Now has he gained,
As the brave tamer of the forest-beasts,
The title Sarva-damana; but then
Mankind shall hail him as King Bharata[129],
And call him the supporter of the world.
KING.
We cannot but entertain the highest hopes of a child for whom your Highness performed the natal rites.
ADITI.
My revered husband, should not the intelligence be conveyed to Kanwa, that his daughter's wishes are fulfilled, and her happiness complete? He is [S']akoontalá's foster-father. Menaká, who is one of my attendants, is her mother, and dearly does she love her daughter.
[S']AKOONTALÁ. [Aside.
The venerable matron has given utterance to the very wish that was in my mind.
KA[S']YAPA.
His penances have gained for him the faculty of omniscience, and the whole scene is already present to his mind's eye.