Mahabharat

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इष्टं दत्तम अधीतं च यज्ञाश च बहुदक्षिणाः सर्वम एतद अपत्यस्य कलां नार्हति षॊडशीम ।। २-३८-२६ ।।

sanskrit

'Acts of worship, gifts, study, and sacrifices, even those distinguished by great donations to Brahmanas, are not as meritorious as having a son, which outweighs them all by even one-sixteenth part.' ।। 2-38-26 ।।

english translation

iSTaM dattama adhItaM ca yajJAza ca bahudakSiNAH sarvama etada apatyasya kalAM nArhati SòDazIma || 2-38-26 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript