Shloka 120
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
तदनन्तर लोकपितामह लोकगुरु ब्रह्माजीने कहा--“ये सब मेरी ही संतानें हैं; क्योंकि मेरे ही वीर्यकी आहुति दी गयी है; जिससे इनकी उत्पत्ति हुई है ।।
ahaṁ kartā hi satrasya hotā śukrasya caiva ha | yasya bījaṁ phalaṁ tasya śukra cet kāraṇaṁ matam ||
随后，梵天——诸世界之师、万有之祖——说道：“他们全都是我的子嗣；因为我之精种（śukra）被作为供献而投献，由此而生。此萨特拉祭会由我所行，我亦是献出精种之供者。种属谁，果归谁。若在其出生之事上，唯以精种为决定之因，则他们必定是我的儿子。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse argues a principle of causality and moral-ritual agency: if generative seed is treated as the primary cause of birth, then the one who provides/“offers” that seed is entitled to the resulting ‘fruit’ (offspring). It frames parenthood as linked to causal contribution and responsibility.
Vasiṣṭha presents a reasoned claim about parentage using sacrificial imagery: he identifies himself as the agent of the rite and the offerer of seed, then concludes that the offspring should be attributed to the seed-giver if seed is accepted as the determining cause.