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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
- janma-kṛd vṛttidaḥ pitā
- tathāpi naḥ prajānāṁ te
- śuśrūṣā kena vā bhavet
tvamyou — you; ekaḥone — one; sarvaall — all; bhūtānāmliving entities — living entities; janmaprogenitor-kṛtprogenitor — progenitor; vṛttisource of subsistence-daḥsource of subsistence — source of subsistence; pitāthe father — the father; tathāyet apiyet — yet; naḥourselves — ourselves; prajānāmof all who are born — of all who are born; teof you — of you; śuśrūṣāservice — service; kenahow — how; vāeither — either; bhavetmay be possible — may be possible.
You are the father of all living entities and the source of their subsistence because they are all born of you. Please order us how we may be able to render service unto you.
A son's duty is not only to make the father the source of supply for all his needs, but also, when he is grown up, to render service unto him. That is the law of creation beginning from the time of Brahmā. A father's duty is to bring up the son until he is grown, and when the son is grown up, it is his duty to render service unto the father.