Shloka 4
जीवतां कुरुते कार्य पिता माता सुतास्तथा । ये चान्ये बान्धवा: केचिल्लोके5स्मिन् पुरुषर्षभ,पुरुषरत्न! पिता, माता, पुत्र तथा और जो कोई भी भाई-बन्धु इस लोकमें हैं, वे सब जीवित पुरुषोंसे ही अपने प्रयोजनकी सिद्धि करते हैं
jīvatāṃ kurute kāryaḥ pitā mātā sutās tathā | ye cānye bāndhavāḥ kecil loke 'smin puruṣarṣabha ||
Dijo Sūrya: «En este mundo, oh toro entre los hombres, un padre, una madre y los hijos—y cualesquiera otros parientes que haya—cumplen sus fines sólo por medio de quienes están vivos.»
सूर्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses that worldly aims and familial duties depend upon being alive; therefore preserving life is a foundational ethical priority, since parents, children, and relatives can fulfill their responsibilities only through the living.
Sūrya addresses a hero respectfully (“puruṣarṣabha”) and offers counsel framed as practical moral instruction: in the human world, family relations and obligations function through living persons, implying the importance of sustaining life to uphold dharma and social duties.