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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
loka-pālaiḥ —by great demigods;  api —even;  prārthyāḥ —desirable;  sāmrājya —a great empire;  aiśvarya —material opulence;  sampadaḥ —possessions;  na nandayanti —do not give pleasure;  aprajam —because of having no son;  mām —unto me;  kṣut —hunger;  trṭ —thirst;  kāmam —desiring to satisfy;  iva —like;  apare —other enjoyable sense objects.
TRANSLATION
As a person aggrieved by hunger and thirst is not pleased by the external gratification of flower garlands or sandalwood pulp, I am not pleased with my empire, opulence or possessions, which are desirable even for great demigods, because I have no son.
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ततः पाहि महाभाग पूर्वैः सह गतं तमः । यथा तरेम दुष्पारं प्रजया तव् विधेहि नः ॥२६॥
tataḥ pāhi mahā-bhāga   pūrvaiḥ saha gataṁ tamaḥ   yathā tarema duṣpāraṁ   prajayā tad vidhehi naḥ
tataḥ —therefore, because of this;  pāhi —kindly save;  mahā-bhāga —O great sage;  pūrvaiḥ saha —along with my forefathers;  gatam —gone;  tamaḥ —to darkness;  yathā —so that;  tarema —we can cross;  duṣpāram —very difficult to cross;  prajayā —by getting a son;  tat —that;  vidhehi —kindly do;  naḥ —for us.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, O great sage, please save me and my forefathers, who are descending to the darkness of hell because I have no progeny. Kindly do something so that I may have a son to deliver us from hellish conditions.
PURPORT
According to Vedic civilization, one gets married simply to have a son, who is needed to offer oblations to his forefathers. King Citraketu re-