On account of the strong desire that men cherish for women, offspring proceed from them, due to the action of the seminal fluid. As one throws off from his person such vermin as are born there but as are not on that account any part of oneself, so should one cast off those verinin of one's body that are called children, who, though regarded as one's own, are not his own in sooth.
तस्मात् तदात्मकाद् रागाद् बीजाज्जायन्ति जन्तवः। स्वदेहजानस्वसंज्ञान् यद्वदङ्गात् कृमीस्त्यजेत्। स्व संज्ञानस्वकांस्तद्वत् सुतसंज्ञान् कृमींस्त्यजेत्॥