तथापि नः प्रजानां ते शुश्रूषा केन वा भवेत् ॥७॥
tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹
janma-ká¹›d vá¹›ttidaḥ pitÄ
tathÄpi naḥ prajÄnÄá¹ te
Å›uÅ›rÅ«á¹£Ä kena vÄ bhavet
tvam - you; ekaḥ - one; sarva - all; bhÅ«tÄnÄm - living entities; janma-ká¹›t - progenitor; vá¹›tti-daḥ - source of subsistence; pitÄ - the father; tathÄ api - yet; naḥ - ourselves; prajÄnÄm - of all who are born; te - of you; Å›uÅ›rÅ«á¹£Ä - service; kena - how; vÄ - either; bhavet - 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 BrahmÄ. 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.
