When husband and wife unite themselves for procreation, the desire for a son is cherished by both, but about its fruition more depends upon the mother than on the father.
दम्पत्योः प्राणसंश्लेषे योऽभिसंधिः कृतः किल। तं माता च पिता चेति भूतार्थो मातरि स्थितः॥