The inferior gods, I am aware, are jealous[28] of the power which the practice of excessive devotion confers on mortals.
ANASÚYÁ.
Well, then, it happened that Vi[s']wámitra, gazing on the bewitching beauty of that nymph at a season when, spring being in its glory—
[Stops short, and appears confused.
KING.
The rest may be easily divined. [S']akoontalá, then, is the offspring of the nymph.
ANASÚYÁ.
Just so.
KING.
It is quite intelligible.