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9.31. Listen (now) to the following holy discussion, salutary to all men, which the virtuous (of the present day)
and the ancient great sages have held concerning male offspring.
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9.32. They (all) say that the male issue (of a woman) belongs to the lord, but with respect to the (meaning of the
term) lord the revealed texts differ; some call the begetter (of the child the lord), others declare (that it is) the
owner of the soil.
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9.33. By the sacred tradition the woman is declared to be the soil, the man is declared to be the seed; the
production of all corporeal beings (takes place) through the union of the soil with the seed.
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9.34. In some cases the seed is more distinguished, and in some the womb of the female; but when both are
equal, the offspring is most highly esteemed.
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9.35. On comparing the seed and the receptacle (of the seed), the seed is declared to be more important; for the
offspring of all created beings is marked by the characteristics of the seed.
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9.36. Whatever (kind on seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, (a plant) of that same kind, marked
with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.
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9.37. This earth, indeed, is called the primeval womb of created beings; but the seed develops not in its
development any properties of the womb.
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9.38. In this world seeds of different kinds, sown at the proper time in the land, even in one field, come forth
(each) according to its kind.
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9.39. The rice (called) vrihi and (that called) sali, mudga-beans, sesamum, masha-beans, barley, leeks, and
sugar-cane, (all) spring up according to their seed.
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9.40. That one (plant) should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, (a plant
of) that kind even comes forth.