Manu 10.72
यस्माद् बीजप्रभावेण तिर्यग्जा ऋषयो ऽअभवन्) । पूजिताश् च प्रशस्ताश् च तस्माद् बीजं प्रशस्यते ॥ [म्विशिष्यते)]
yasmād bījaprabhāveṇa tiryagjā ṛṣayo 'abhavan) | pūjitāś ca praśastāś ca tasmād bījaṃ praśasyate || [M.viśiṣyate)]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As through the power of the seed (sons) born of animals became sages who are honoured and praised, hence the seed is declared to be more important.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.