Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.11

sa tvam asyām apatyāni

sadriśāny ātmano gunaih

utpādya śāsa dharmena

gām yajñaih purusham yaja

SYNONYMS

sah — therefore that obedient son; tvam — as you are; asyām — in her; apatyāni — children; sadriśāni — equally qualified; ātmanah — of yourself; gunaih — with the characteristics; utpādya — having begotten; śāsa — rule; dharmena — on the principles of devotional service; gām — the world; yajñaih — by sacrifices; purusham — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yaja — worship.

TRANSLATION

Since you are my very obedient son, I ask you to beget children qualified like yourself in the womb of your wife. Rule the world in pursuance of the principles of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus worship the Lord by performances of yajña.

PURPORT

The purpose of the material creation by Brahmā is clearly described herein. Every human being should beget nice children in the womb of his wife, as a sacrifice for the purpose of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service. In the Vishnu Purāna (3.8.9) it is stated:

varnāśramācāravatā

purushena parah pumān

vishnur ārādhyate panthā

nānyat tat-tosha-kāranam

"One can worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, by proper discharge of the principles of varna and āśrama. There is no alternative to pacifying the Lord by execution of the principles of the varnāśrama system."

Vishnu worship is the ultimate aim of human life. Those who take the license of married life for sense enjoyment must also take the responsibility to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, and the first stepping-stone is the varnāśrama-dharma system. Varnāśrama-dharma is the systematic institution for advancing in worship of Vishnu. However, if one directly engages in the process of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it may not be necessary to undergo the disciplinary system of varnāśrama-dharma. The other sons of Brahmā, the Kumāras, directly engaged in devotional service, and thus they had no need to execute the principles of varnāśrama-dharma.

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