Lopamudra said : O great ascetic, let me have one son equal to one thousand. One learned and good son is preferable to many bad ones.
लोपामुद्रोवाच सहस्रसम्मितः पुत्र एकोऽप्यस्तु तपोधन। एकोहि बहुभिः श्रेयान् विद्वान् साधुरसाधुभिः॥