The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.25.42

6.25.42

kathaṃ tarhi jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa kṣatriyeṣu hateṣu tatstriyaḥ punaḥpunarbrāhmaṇebhyaḥ putrān janayāmāsurityupākhyāyate kathaṃ vā dhṛtarāṣṭrādīnāmasaṅkarajatvamityāśaṅkyāha - patantīti | hi śabdo vaidikīṃ prasiddhiṃ dyotayati | sā hi “na śeṣo agne anyajātamasti” iti śrutiḥ | anyasmājjātaṃ śeṣo'patyaṃ nāstīti tadarthaḥ | “anyodaryo manasāpi na mantavyo mamāyaṃ putraḥ” iti yāskavacanācca | ye yajāmahe iti śāstrāt ‘ye vayaṃ smaste vayaṃ yajāmaha’ ityarthakāddṛśyamānasya pitrādeḥ saṃśayagrastatvādayaṃ mama pitaiveti niścayasya duḥsādhyatvāt | mantraśca ‘yo'hamasmi sa sanyaje | brāhmaṇe'rthavādaśca na caitadvidmo brāhmaṇāḥ smo vayamabrāhmaṇā vā’ iti | tasmādbījapatereva piṇḍādiprāptirna tu kṣetrapateriti luptapiṇḍodakakriyatvādavaśyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ pāto bhavati | kṣetrajaputrasmṛtistu iha loke vaṃśasthāpanamātraparā natu tena kṣetrapateḥ kaścidāmuṣmika upakāro'sti | udāhṛtaśrutivirodhāt | ayaṃ ca saṅkaro'smābhiḥ svayaṃ kṛtaścedavaśyamasmānbādhiṣyata eveti bhāvaḥ ||