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 |
Sinabi ng mga diyos: “O Brahmin, pakinggan mo kung bakit ang tao’y isinisilang na may utang. Walang alinlangan na ang lahat ay may pananagutan: sa mga tungkuling pang-yajña (hain at ritwal), sa disiplina ng brahmacarya, at sa paglikha ng supling. Sa pamamagitan ng yajña, pag-aayuno, at pag-aaral ng Veda, nababayaran ang mga utang na ito. Ikaw ay tunay na asceta at tagaganap ng mga hain, ngunit wala kang anak.”
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.