न पित्र्यमनुवर्तन्ते मातृकं द्विपदा इति। ख्यातो लोकप्रवादोऽयं भरतेनान्यथा कृतः॥
na pitryamanuvartante mātṛkaṃ dvipadā iti| khyāto lokapravādo'yaṃ bharatenānyathā kṛtaḥ||
English Meaning
The saying that people follow their mother and not their father, is falsified in the case of Bharata.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)