Text 13] Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening 539

patir bhavadvidho yasam
prajaya nanu jayate

bhartari—by the husband; apta-urumanadndm—of those who are beloved;
lokan—in the world; avisate—spreads; yasah—fame; patih- husband; bhavat-
vidhah—like your good self; yasam—of those whose; prajayd—by children;
nanu—certainly ; jayate—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 Rsabhadeva, 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 oppor-
tunity to take advantage of his human form of life, and a father like
Kasyapa is supposed to beget good children for the purpose of liberation.

TEXT 13

HDA A TM KTS A TIS LI

pura pita no bhagavan
dakso duhitr-vatsalah
kam vrnita varam vatsa
ity aprechata nah prthak

pura—in days long ago; pita—father; nah—our; bhagavan—the most
opulent; daksah—\aksa; duhitr-vatsalah —affectionate to his daughters;
kam—unto whom; urnita—you want to accept; varam—your husband;
vatsah—Q my children; iti—thus; aprechata—inquired; nah—us; prthak—
separately.

TRANSLATION

In days long ago, our father, the most opulent Daksa, who was
affectionate to his daughters, asked each of us separately whom we would
prefer to select as our husband.
