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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.12

भर्तर्याप्तोरुमानानां लोकानाविशते यश: । पतिर्भवद्विधो यासां प्रजया ननु जायते ॥ १२ ॥
bhartary āptorumānānāṁ
[bhartary aaptorumaanaanaam]
lokān āviśate yaśaḥ
[lokaan aavishate yashah]
patir bhavad-vidho yāsāṁ
[patir bhavad-vidho yaasaam]
prajayā nanu jāyate
[prajayaa nanu jaayate]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhartary āptorumānānāṁ
bhartari
by the husband
āpta-urumānānām
of those who are beloved
lokān āviśate yaśaḥ
lokān
in the world
āviśate
spreads
yaśaḥ
fame
patir bhavad-vidho yāsāṁ
patiḥ
husband
bhavat-vidhaḥ
like your good self
yāsām
of those whose
prajayā nanu jāyate
prajayā
by children
nanu
certainly
jāyate
expands.
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 Ṛṣabhadeva, 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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The fame of women who are greatly respected by their husbands, and in whom husbands of your quality are again born as sons, spreads throughout the world. By your mercy I will be famous with a son. The fame of women who are greatly respected by their husbands, in whom husbands like you are born again in the form of sons, spreads throughout the world. Śruti says taj jāyā jāyā bhavati yad asyāṁ jāyate punaḥ: who is born from the wife is the wife born again. (Aitareya-brāhmaṇa 7.13.10) Another meaning is "A husband like you is born in a woman because of procreation.” How then can I not be without a son?
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Personal Guidance
The verse uses kāla as a teacher: nothing material lasts, and our denial of that fact is the reason we are constantly surprised by loss.
Reflection Questions
  • What conversation have you been postponing as if time were unlimited?
  • What would you say to the Lord today if you knew you would meet Him this evening?
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