श्रीपूरुरुवाच को नु लोके मनुष्येन्द्र पितुरात्मकृत: पुमान् । प्रतिकर्तुं क्षमो यस्य प्रसादाद् विन्दते परम् ॥ ४३ ॥
sri-purur uvaca ko nu loke manusyendra pitur atma-krtah puman pratikartum ksamo yasya prasadad vindate param
- sri-puruh uvaca
- Puru said
- kah
- what
- nu
- indeed
- loke
- in this world
- manusya-indra
- O Your Majesty, best of human beings
- pituh
- the father
- atma-krtah
- who has given this body
- puman
- a person
- pratikartum
- to repay
- ksamah
- is able
- yasya
- of whom
- prasadat
- by the mercy
- vindate
- one enjoys
- param
- superior life.
Puru replied: O Your Majesty, who in this world can repay his debt to his father? By the mercy of one’s father, one gets the human form of life, which can enable one to become an associate of the Supreme Lord.