Manusmriti

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बीजमेके प्रशंसन्ति क्षेत्रमन्ये मनीषिणः । बीजक्षेत्रे तथैवान्ये तत्रैयं तु व्यवस्थितिः ॥ ७० ॥

sanskrit

Some sages declare the seed to be more important, and others the field; again others (assert that) the seed and the field (are equally important); but the legal decision on this point is as follows:

english translation

bIjameke prazaMsanti kSetramanye manISiNaH | bIjakSetre tathaivAnye tatraiyaM tu vyavasthitiH || 70 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript