SB 10.45.5

Devanāgarī

सर्वार्थसम्भवो देहो जनित: पोषितो यत: । न तयोर्याति निर्वेशं पित्रोर्मर्त्य: शतायुषा ॥ ५ ॥

Text

sarvārtha-sambhavo deho janitaḥ poṣito yataḥ na tayor yāti nirveśaṁ pitror martyaḥ śatāyuṣā

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.

Purport