ais tribhir amuktānām
ṛṇais tribhir amuktānām
amīmāṁsita-karmaṇām
vighātaḥ śreyasaḥ pāpa
lokayor ubhayoḥ kṛtaḥ
My sons were not at all freed from their three debts. They did not properly consider their obligations. O sinful Nārada! You have obstructed their progress toward good fortune in this world and the next.
“By taking to renunciation, it is possible to cross over saṁsāra. But renunciation is not suitable for persons in household life to follow.” Śruti says:
jāyamāno ha vai brāhmaṇas tribhir ṛṇavān jāyate
brahmacaryeṇa ṛṣibhyo, yajñena devebhyaḥ
prajayā pitṛbhyaḥ, eṣa vā anṛṇo
yaḥ putrī yajñakṛt brahmacārī vāpi
The brāhmaṇa has three debts by birth. By brahmacārya one repays the sages, by sacrifice one repays the devatās and by producing offspring one repays the Pitṛs. He who has sons, performs sacrifice and observes brahmacārī life has no debts. Vāsiṣṭha-dharma-śāstra
My sons did not repay their debts and did not consider their karmas. They are not free from debts to the sages yet. They are not free from debts to the devatās and Pitṛs since they will not produce children or perform sacrifice. O sinner! Killer of trust! Because of renouncing material enjoyment (without paying their debts), their fortune in this life has been ruined. Fortune in next life is also ruined, because they have taken to renunciation without being qualified.
Manu says:
ṛṇāni trīṇy apākṛtya mano mokṣe niveśayet
anapākṛtya mokṣan tu sevamāno vrajaty adhaḥ
Having paid one’s three debts, the mind should enter into liberation. Not paying those debts and practicing for liberation, a person goes to hell. Manu Smṛti 6.35
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evaṁ tvaṁ niranukrośo
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