रामायण - अयोध्या - मातारम् अङ्गनाः

सत्यश्चाद्य प्रवादोऽयं लौकिकः प्रतिभाति मा ।
पितृन् समनुजायन्ते नरा मातारमङ्गनाः ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

satyaH cha adya pravAdaH ayam laukikaH pratibhAti maa ।
pitRun sama anujAyante narA mAtAram anganAH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, ayodhyA

It is not seeming to be true what people say - Sons will inherit the qualities of the father and daughters that of the mother. (As told by Sumantra to Kaikeyi)

- Ramayana, Ayodhya