Shloka 13
त इमे प्रसवस्यार्थे तव लोका: समावृता: । प्रजायस्व ततो लोकानुपभोक्ष्यसि पुष्कलान्,अतः संतानके लिये ही आपके ये लोक ढके हुए हैं। इसलिये पहले संतान उत्पन्न कीजिये, फिर अपने प्रचुर पुण्यलोकोंका फल भोगियेगा
ta ime prasavasyārthe tava lokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ | prajāyasva tato lokān upabhokṣyasi puṣkalān |
„Darum sind deine Welten um der Zeugung willen verhüllt. Zeuge zuerst Nachkommenschaft; dann wirst du die reichen Früchte deiner verdienstvollen Welten in Fülle genießen.“
मन्दपाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the dharmic priority of generating progeny: fulfillment of one’s higher enjoyments or posthumous rewards is portrayed as contingent upon completing the responsibility of continuing the lineage. Ethical life is framed as duty-first, reward-after.
Mandapāla addresses another person (implicitly his partner), urging that their access to auspicious realms is ‘covered’ until the purpose of childbirth is met; he instructs that offspring should be produced first, and only then can the fruits of accumulated merit be enjoyed.