Hear what the qualities are which belong to the father and what those are which belong to mother. Bones, sinews, and marrow, O twiceborn one, we know, originate from the father.
गुणाः पुरुषस्येह ये च मातृगुणास्तथा। अस्थि स्नायुश्च मज्जा च जानीम: पितृणो गुणाः॥