Offspring, the due performance on religious rites,...

Who said "Offspring, the due performance on religious rites,... "?

"Offspring, the due performance on religious rites,... " is one of a famous quotes by Guru Nanak. Complete quote is as follows;
"Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone."

What is "Offspring, the due performance on religious rites,... "?

"Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone." This is a quote by Guru Nanak which is about Alone & Happiness. He is known to have been associated with numerous other thought provoking quotes on these topics like;

• What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now.
• It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

What does "Offspring, the due performance on religious rites,... " mean?

This quote is primarily about Happiness although it also includes other themes like Alone & Happiness. It is attributed to Guru Nanak. Complete quote is as follows;
"Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone."