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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- bhartary āptorumānānāṁ
- lokān āviśate yaśaḥ
- patir bhavad-vidho yāsāṁ
- prajayā nanu jāyate
bhartariby the husband — by the husband; āptaof those who are beloved-urumānānāmof those who are beloved — of those who are beloved; lokānin the world — in the world; āviśatespreads — spreads; yaśaḥfame — fame; patiḥhusband — husband; bhavatlike your good self-vidhaḥlike your good self — like your good self; yāsāmof those whose — of those whose; prajayāby children — by children; nanucertainly — certainly; jāyateexpands — expands.
A woman is honored in the world by the benediction of her husband, and a husband like you will become famous by having children because you are meant for the expansion of living entities.
According to Ṛṣabhadeva, one should not become a father or mother unless one is confident that he can beget children whom he can deliver from the clutches of birth and death. Human life is the only opportunity to get out of the material scene, which is full of the miseries of birth, death, old age and diseases. Every human being should be given the opportunity to take advantage of his human form of life, and a father like Kaśyapa is supposed to beget good children for the purpose of liberation.