History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t1.115

v4.c63.t1.115

of another (who is unconnected) is to be avoided, so may we be masters of wealth of our own (i. e. son of our body); O! Agni, the child of another cannot be one's offspring; it may be so in the case of the fool; do not spoil our path. A stranger, born of another's loins, though very pleasing, should not be taken, should not be even thought of in the mind (as one's son): Then he goes back to the same house (from which he came); may a vigorous, victorious, newly born son come to us!"¹²⁴⁴