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Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

Verse 12 of 50
SB 3.14.12

भर्तर्याप्तोरुमानानां लोकानाविशते यशः पतिर्भवद्विधो यासां प्रजया ननु जायते

bhartary āptorumānānāṁ lokān āviśate yaśaḥ patir bhavadvidho yāsāṁ prajayā nanu jāyate

Synonyms

bhartariby the husband; āpta-urumānānāmof those who are beloved; lokānin the world; āviśatespreads; yaśaḥfame; patiḥhusband; bhavat-vidhaḥlike your good self; yāsāmof those whose; prajayāby children; nanucertainly; jāyateexpands..

Translation

A woman is honored in the world by the benediction of her husband, and a husband like you will become famous by having children because you are meant for the expansion of living entities.

Purport

According to Ṛṣabhadeva, one should not become a father or mother unless one is confident that he can beget children whom he can deliver from the clutches of birth and death. Human life is the only opportunity to get out of the material scene, which is full of the miseries of birth, death, old age and diseases. Every human being should be given the opportunity to take advantage of his human form of life, and a father like Kaśyapa is supposed to beget good children for the purpose of liberation.

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