Arthashastra

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"माता भस्त्रा, यस्य रेतस् तस्य अपत्यम्" इत्य् अपरे ॥

Others hold that the mother being only the receptacle for the seed (mátá bhastrá), the child must belong to him from whose seed it is born.

english translation

"mAtA bhastrA, yasya retas tasya apatyam" ity apare ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript