Text 13]
Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening
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patir bhavadvidho yāsām prajayā nanu jāyate
bhartari —by the husband;  āpta-urumānānām —of those who are beloved;  lokān —in the world;  āviśate —spreads;  yaśaḥ —fame;  patiḥ —husband;  bhavat-vidhaḥ —like your good self;  yāsām —of those whose;  prajayā —by children;  nanu —certainly;  jāyate —expands.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
According to Rṣabhadeva, 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.
TEXT 13
पुरा पिता नो भगवान्दक्षो दुहितवत्सलः । कं वृणीत वरं वत्सा इत्यपृच्छत नः पृथक् ॥१३॥
purā pitā no bhagavān dakṣo duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ kam vṛṇīta varam vatsā ity apṛcchata naḥ pṛthak
purā —in days long ago;  pitā —father;  naḥ —our;  bhagavān —the most opulent;  dakṣaḥ —Dakṣa;  duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ —affectionate to his daughters;  kam —unto whom;  vṛṇīta —you want to accept;  varam —your husband;  vatsāḥ —() my children;  iti —thus;  apṛcchata —inquired;  naḥ —us;  pṛthak —separately.
TRANSLATION
In days long ago, our father, the most opulent Dakṣa, who was affectionate to his daughters, asked each of us separately whom we would prefer to select as our husband.