Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
यद्वर्णा तु भवेद्भूमिस्तद्वर्णं सलिलं ध्रुवम् / मातॄणां शीलदोषेण तथा रूपगुणैः पुनः
yadvarṇā tu bhavedbhūmistadvarṇaṃ salilaṃ dhruvam / mātṝṇāṃ śīladoṣeṇa tathā rūpaguṇaiḥ punaḥ
Whatever color the earth bears, that very color the water surely takes; so too, through mothers’ faults of conduct, and again through their form and virtues, (the offspring is shaped).