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Chapter 5: Vidura's Talks with Maitreya

Verse 19 of 51
SB 3.5.19

नैतच्चित्रं त्वयि क्षत्तर्बादरायणवीर्यजे गृहीतो ऽनन्यभावेन यत्त्वया हरिरीश्वरः

naitac citraṁ tvayi kṣattar bādarāyaṇavīryaje gṛhīto 'nanya-bhāvena yat tvayā harir īśvaraḥ

Synonyms

nanever; etatsuch inquiries; citramvery wonderful; tvayiin you; kṣattaḥO Vidura; bādarāyaṇaof Vyāsadeva; vīryajeborn from the semina; gṛhītaḥaccepted; ananya-bhāvenawithout deviation from the thought; yatbecause; tvayāby you; hariḥthe Personality of Godhead; īśvaraḥthe Lord..

Translation

O Vidura, it is not at all wonderful that you have so accepted the Lord without deviation of thought, for you are born from the semina of Vyāsadeva.

Purport

The value of great parentage and noble birth is evaluated here in connection with the birth of Vidura. The culture of a human being begins when the father invests his semina in the womb of the mother. According to his status of work, a living entity is placed in a particular father's semina, and because Vidura was not an ordinary living entity, he was given the chance to be born from the semina of Vyāsa. The birth of a human being is a great science, and therefore reformation of the act of impregnation according to the Vedic ritual called Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra is very important for generating good population. The problem is not to check the growth of the population, but to generate good population on the level of Vidura, Vyāsa and Maitreya. There is no need to check the growth of population if the children are born as human beings with all precautions regarding their birth. So-called birth control is not only vicious but also useless.

Verse 19 of 51
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