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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.11

స త్వమస్యామపత్యాని సద‍ృశాన్యాత్మనో గుణై: । ఉత్పాద్య శాస ధర్మేణ గాం యజ్ఞై: పురుషం యజ ॥ ౧౧ ॥
sa tvam asyām apatyāni
[sa tvam asyaam apatyaani]
sadṛśāny ātmano guṇaiḥ
[sadrishaany aatmano gunaih]
utpādya śāsa dharmeṇa
[utpaadya shaasa dharmena]
gāṁ yajṣaiḥ puruṣaṁ yaja
[gaam yajshaih purusham yaja]
saḥ — therefore that obedient son tvam — as you are asyām — in her apatyāni — children sadṛśāni — equally qualified ātmanaḥ — of yourself guṇaiḥ — with the characteristics utpādya — having begotten śāsa — rule dharmeṇa — on the principles of devotional service gām — the world yajṣaiḥ — by sacrifices puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead yaja — worship.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa tvam asyām apatyāni
saḥ
therefore that obedient son
tvam
as you are
asyām
in her
apatyāni
children
sadṛśāny ātmano guṇaiḥ
sadṛśāni
equally qualified
ātmanaḥ
of yourself
guṇaiḥ
with the characteristics
utpādya śāsa dharmeṇa
utpādya
having begotten
śāsa
rule
dharmeṇa
on the principles of devotional service
gāṁ yajṣaiḥ puruṣaṁ yaja
gām
the world
yajṣaiḥ
by sacrifices
puruṣam
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
yaja
worship.
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 yajṣa.

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 Viṣṇu Purāṇa (3.8.9) it is stated:

varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam

“One can worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, by proper discharge of the principles of varṇa and āśrama. There is no alternative to pacifying the Lord by execution of the principles of the varṇāśrama system.”

Viṣṇu 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, Viṣṇu, and the first stepping-stone is the varṇāśrama-dharma system. Varṇāśrama-dharma is the systematic institution for advancing in worship of Viṣṇu. 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 varṇāśrama-dharma. The other sons of Brahmā, the Kumāras, directly engaged in devotional service, and thus they had no need to execute the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After begetting in your wife offspring with qualities similar to yourself, protect with earth with dharma and worship the Lord with sacrifice. Protect (śāsa) the earth (gām).
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