Rigveda 3.031.02
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 31 · Verse 3.31.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न जा॒मये॒ तान्वो॑ रि॒क्थमा॑रैक्च॒कार॒ गर्भं॑ सनि॒तुर्नि॒धान॑म् । यदी॑ मा॒तरो॑ ज॒नय॑न्त॒ वह्नि॑म॒न्यः क॒र्ता सु॒कृतो॑र॒न्य ऋ॒न्धन्
na jāmaye tānvo rikthamāraikcakāra garbhaṃ saniturnidhānam yadī mātaro janayanta vahnimanyaḥ kartā sukṛtoranya ṛndhan
Do not dismiss these; one spoke the hymn of seed and did not abandon the storehouse. If mothers did not beget, another maker of fire would not nurture the righteous—thus the pious acted.
(A son) born of the body, does not transfer (paternal) wealth to a sister; he has made (her) the recptacle of the embryo of the husband; if the parents procreate children (of either sex), one is the performer of holy acts, the other is to be enriched (with gifts).
The Son left not his portion to the brother, he made a home to hold him who should gain, it. What time his Parents gave the Priest his being, of the good pair one acted, one promoted.