sarvārtha-sambhavo deho

janitaḥ poṣito yataḥ

na tayor yāti nirveśaḿ

pitror martyaḥ śatāyuṣā

sarva -- of all; artha -- goals of life; sambhavah -- the source; dehah -- one's body; janitah -- born; poshitah -- maintained; yatah -- from whom; na -- not; tayoh -- to them; yati -- one achieves; nirvesam -- repayment of the debt; pitroh -- to the parents; martyah -- a mortal; sata -- of one hundred (years); ayusha -- with a life span.


Texto

With one's body one can acquire all goals of life, and it is one's parents who give the body birth and sustenance. Therefore no mortal man can repay his debt to his parents, even if he serves them for a full lifetime of a hundred years.

Significado

Having stated, "Both you, Our parents, and We have suffered because of Our separation," Krishna now states that His and Balarama's religious principles have been spoiled by Their failure to satisfy Their parents.