सर्वार्थसम्भवो देहो जनित: पोषितो यत: । न तयोर्याति निर्वेशं पित्रोर्मर्त्य: शतायुषा ॥ ५ ॥
sarvārtha-sambhavo deho janitaḥ poṣito yataḥ na tayor yāti nirveśaṁ pitror martyaḥ śatāyuṣā
- sarva
- of all
- artha
- goals of life
- sambhavaḥ
- the source
- dehaḥ
- one’s body
- janitaḥ
- born
- poṣitaḥ
- maintained
- yataḥ
- from whom
- na
- not
- tayoḥ
- to them
- yāti
- one achieves
- nirveśam
- repayment of the debt
- pitroḥ
- to the parents
- martyaḥ
- a mortal
- śata
- of one hundred (years)
- āyuṣā
- with a life span
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.