A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.80

v2.c19.s3.t1.80

What is the basis and support of men ?
What here below is comradeship supreme ?
What are the spirits who sustain the life
Of all such creatures as to earth are bound ?
" Children are mankind's basis and support,
The wife is here below comrade supreme ; [^1)
The spirits of the rain sustain the life
Of all such creatures as to earth are bound." [^2)