Why are you treating with indifference this your son who has himself come to you and who is wistfully casting his glances towards you? Even ants support their off-spring and do not destroy their eggs. Why then should you not, being learned in the rules of piety, support your own child?
स त्वं स्वयमभिप्राप्तं साभिलाषमिमं सुतम्। प्रेक्षमाणं कटाक्षेण किमर्थमवमन्यसे॥ अण्डानि बिभ्रति स्वानि न भिन्दन्ति पिपीलिकाः। न भरेथाः कथं न त्वं धर्मज्ञः सन् स्वमात्मजम्॥