Verse 16·VR 2.18.16

यतः मूलम् नरः पश्येत् प्रादुर्भावम् इह आत्मनः | कथम् तस्मिन् न वर्तेत प्रत्यक्षे सति दैवते || २-१८-१६

kaccit te paruSham ki.ncit abhimaanaat pitaa mama | uktaH bhavatyaa kopena yatra asya lulitam manaH || 2-18-17

Translation

"Man sees father as the visible god who is the root cause of one's own coming into existence and how else can he behave towards him other than like that?"

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