Adi Parva 120.17
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Adi Parva Chapter 120 · Verse 17
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इह तस्मात् प्रजाहेतोः प्रजायन्ते नरोत्तमाः। यथैवाहं पितुः क्षेत्रे जातस्तेन महर्षिणा॥ तथैवास्मिन् मम क्षेत्रे कथं वै सम्भवेत् प्रजा।
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The best of men were born to beget children to discharge that debt. As I was begotten by the great Rishi on the field of my father, so should children be begotten on my soil (wives).