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The Compendium of Caraka 4.3.4_2

Carakasaṃhitā 4.3.4_2

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Sanskrit

4.3.4_2

yadi hi mātāpitarau garbhaṃ janayetāṃ, bhūyasyaḥ striyaḥ pumāṃsaśca bhūyāṃsaḥ putrakāmāḥ, te sarve putrajanmābhisandhāya maithunadharmamāpadyamānāḥ putrāneva janayeyurduhitYrvā duhitṛkāmāḥ, na tu kāścit striyaḥ kecidvā puruṣā nirapatyāḥ syurapatyakāmā vā parideveran//

For if mother and father were to generate the embryo, numerous women and numerous men desire sons; all of them, having recourse to sexual intercourse with the intention of the birth of a son, would generate only sons, or daughters if desiring daughters; and no women and no men would be childless, or lament when desiring offspring.

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