Manava Dharmashastra 3.126

3.126

etāndoṣānāpādayati | vistaro'to neṣyate | yadi tu śakyante satkriyādaya upapādayituṃ tadā yathotsāham | satkriyā'nnasaṃskāraviśeṣaḥ | deśo dakṣiṇapravaṇādiḥ "avakāśeṣu cokṣeṣviti" vakṣyamāṇaḥ | kālaḥ aparāhnaḥ "madhyāhnāccalite sūrye" iti | śaucamātmabrāhmaṇapreṣyagatam | brāhmaṇānāṃ sampat guṇavadbrāhmaṇalābhaḥ | ete guṇā avaśyaṃ sampādyāḥ | te ca vistareṇa naśyanti | vistāro vaiguṇyam | brāhmaṇabahutve cāsau prasañjati | tasmānneheta na kuryāt |
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saṃśayopanyāsārthaḥ ślokaḥ |

If a father happen to be ignorant of the Veda, whose son is thoroughly versed in the Veda,—and if the son happen to be ignorant of the Veda and the father is t horoughly versed in the Veda;—(136)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse is intended to propound a doubt (as to which of the two is superior).—(136)