The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.49.14

13.49.14

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
retojaṃ vidma vai putraṃ kṣetrajasyāgamaḥ katham |
adhyūḍhaṃ vidma vai putraṃ hitvā ca samayaṃ katham || 14 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'We know that the son becomes his from whose seed he has taken birth. Whence does the husband of the woman that brings forth the son derive his right to the latter? Similarly, the son called Adhyudha should be known to be the son of him from whose seed he has sprung. How can they be sons of others by reasons of the engagement about owning and rearing them having been broken?'