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 |
ເທວະທັງຫຼາຍກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ! ຈົ່ງຟັງເຫດທີ່ມະນຸດເກີດມາເປັນຜູ້ມີໜີ້. ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສວ່າ ມະນຸດທຸກຄົນມີພັນທະ—ດ້ວຍກິດຍັດ (ພິທີບູຊາ), ດ້ວຍວິໄນແຫ່ງພຣະຫມະຈັຣຍະ, ແລະດ້ວຍການໃຫ້ກຳເນີດລູກຫຼານ. ໜີ້ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນຖືກຊຳລະໄດ້ດ້ວຍຍັດ, ຕະປະສະຍາ, ແລະການສຶກສາພຣະເວດ. ເຈົ້າເປັນຜູ້ບຳເນັດຕະປະ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ປະກອບຍັດແທ້ ແຕ່ເຈົ້າບໍ່ມີລູກ»។
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.