Fathers wish for sons for obtaining various kinds of blessings, and hoping they would perform penances and sacrifices, adore the gods, and practise renunciation.
बहुकल्याणमिच्छन्ति ईहन्ते पितरः सुतान्। तपसा दैवतेज्याभिर्वन्दनेन तितिक्षया॥