Shloka 11
देवा ऊचु: ऋणिनो मानवा ब्रह्मन् जायन्ते येन तच्छूणु । क्रियाभिन्रह्मचर्येण प्रजया च न संशय:
devā ūcuḥ—ṛṇino mānavā brahman jāyante yena tac chṛṇu | kriyābhir brahmacaryeṇa prajayā ca na saṃśayaḥ |
ದೇವರು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನೇ! ಮಾನವರು ಯಾವ ಋಣದಿಂದ ಋಣಿಗಳಾಗಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ ಅದನ್ನು ಕೇಳು. ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ, ಮತ್ತು ಸಂತಾನೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿ—ಈ ಮೂರರ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಾನವರಿಗೂ ಋಣವಿದೆ; ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ.
मन्दपाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Humans are born with obligations (ṛṇa) that must be repaid through dharmic life: ritual duty (yajña/karma), disciplined Vedic conduct (brahmacarya and study), and continuation of lineage through offspring (prajā). A complete life is framed as responsibly discharging these debts.
Divine beings instruct a brahmin sage about the inborn human obligations and imply that, although he practices austerity and sacrifice, he remains deficient in the debt connected with progeny because he has no children.