Verse 6

⁶When Manu Svayambhuva was born together with his own wife, he bowed with folded hands and said this to him who carries the Veda in him. ⁷You alone are the maker of the birth of all beings, the giver of their living, their father. Even so, by what shall we, your creatures, do you service? ⁸Lay that down for us, praiseworthy one, in works that are within our own strength; salutation to you. Doing them, there would be fame here on every side, and a good going hereafter. ⁹I am pleased with you, my son; may it go well with you both, lord of the earth. With a heart free of any pretence you have offered your whole self, saying, command me.

¹⁰Just so much honour, hero, is to be paid by sons to an elder. What he says is to be taken up with respect, according to one's strength, by those who are attentive and free of spite. ¹¹So beget on her children like yourself in their qualities, rule the earth by dharma, and worship the Person with sacrifices. ¹²King, the highest service to me would be your guarding of the people; and the Bhagavan, the lord of the senses, is well pleased with you when you hold the people up. ¹³Those with whom the Bhagavan is not pleased, Janardana, whose mark is sacrifice: their labour comes to nothing, since the Self himself has not been honoured.