Manu 3.48
युग्मासु पुत्रा जायन्ते) स्त्रियो ऽअयुग्मासु रात्रिषु । तस्माद् युग्मासु पुत्रार्थी संविशेद्) आर्तवे स्त्रियम् ॥
yugmāsu putrā jāyante) striyo 'ayugmāsu rātriṣu | tasmād yugmāsu putrārthī saṃviśed) ārtave striyam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
On the even nights sons are conceived and daughters on the uneven ones; hence a man who desires to have sons should approach his wife in due season on the even (nights).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.