ṛṇamocanakartāraḥ pituḥ santi sutādayaḥ ;bandhamocanakartā tu svasmādanyo na kaścana . 53 .
Anvaya
ऋण–मोचन–कर्तारःṛṇa–mocana–kartāraḥ
Persons who redeem from debt
पितुःpituḥ
for the father
सन्तिsanti
exist
सुतादयःsutādayaḥ
son and others
बन्ध–मोचन–कर्ता तुbandha–mocana–kartā tu
but the one to redeem from bondage
स्वस्माद्–अन्यःsvasmād–anyaḥ
apart from one’s self
न कश्चनna kaścana
none else
Translation
For a father, sons and others exist in order to redeem him from debt. However, there is none else apart from oneself to redeem a person from bondage (of existence).
Annotation
Redeeming one’s father from debt can be of two kinds – redeeming him from debt in a physical sense by repaying money to the creditors or to continue the line of dharma performed by one’s father. Redeeming oneself from bondage refers to redemption from false identification with the body–mind–complex and the cycle of transmigration. This is possible only by realisation of the nature of the Self (Jagadguru).