यन्मातापितरौ वृत्तं तनये कुरुतस्सदा। न सुप्रतिकरं तत्तु मात्रा पित्रा च यत्कृतम्।।2.111.9।। यथाशक्तिप्रदानेन स्वापनोच्छादनेन च। नित्यं च प्रियवादेन तथा संवर्धनेन च।।2.111.10।।
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English Translation
मातापितरौ parents, तनये in relation to son, सदा always, यत् what, वृत्तम् course of action, कुरुतः perform, यथाशक्तिप्रदानेन by conferring benefits according to their resources, स्वापनोच्छादनेन च by lulling him to sleep, clothing him, नित्यं च always, प्रियवादेन with affectionate words, तथा similarly, संवर्धनेन च bringing him up, मात्रा by mother, पित्रा च and by father, यत् what, कृतम् was done, तत्तु all that, न सुप्रतिकरम् cannot easily be repaid.
English Commentary
The course of action the parents always adopt in respect of their son, the benefits they confer on him according to their resources, the way they lull him to sleep and clothe him, the affectionate words they always speak to him and the way they bring him up all these cannot be repaid.