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VASISHTHA.
XVII, 1.
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CHAPTER XVII. 1. The father throws his debts on the (son) and obtains immortality if he sees the face of a living son.
2. It is declared in the Veda, 'Endless are the worlds of those who have sons; there is no place for the man who is destitute of male offspring.'
3. There is a curse in the Veda), “May our enemies be destitute of offspring.'
4. There is also (the following) passage of the Veda, “May I obtain, O Agni, immortality by offspring.
5. “Through a son he conquers the worlds, through a grandson he obtains immortality, but through his son's grandson he gains the world of the sun.'
6. There is a dispute (among the wise; some say), 'The son belongs to the husband of the wife;' (and some say), “The son belongs to the begetter.'
7. With respect to this (matter) they quote also on both sides verses like the following:
8. (Some say), 'If (one man's) bull were to beget a hundred calves on another man's cows, they would belong to the owner of the cows; in vain would the bull have spent his strength.'
XVII. 1. Identical with Vishnu XV, 45; Manu IX, 107; Colebrooke V, Dig. CCCIV.
2. The latter part of the quotation occurs Aitareya-brâhmana VII, 3, 9.
3. Rig-veda I, 21, 5. 4. Rig-veda V, 4, 10; Taittirîya-samhitâ I, 4, 46, 1. 5. Identical with Manu IX, 137, and Vishnu XV, 46. 6. The same point is argued Manu IX, 31–56. 8. Identical with Manu IX, 50.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |