He who is gifted with intelligence, should, taking everything into consideration, beget children according to the scriptural injunctions, upon women that have been declared as proper or fit for him. A son begotten upon a woman belonging to a degraded caste, instead of rescuing the father, brings him to grief even as a heavy burden brings to grief a swimmer desirous of crossing a pool of water.
स्वशरीरैरपि त्राणं बाह्यानां सिद्धिकारणम्। भवन्ति मनुज्व्याघ्र तत्र मे नास्ति संशयः॥ यथोपदेशं परिकीर्तितासु नरः प्रजायेत विचार्य बुद्धिमान्। निहीनयोनिर्हि सुतोऽवसादयेत् तितीप्रमाणं हि यथोपलो जले॥