Avoid Creating New (Karmic) Debts
Jeebaatmaa janma janmaantare || Bhinna bhinna roopaku dhare
Maayaa rachuthaae naataka || Aatmaa banithaae darshaka
Naataka kari baarambaara || Jeeba gadhe taa’ra sansaara
Maayaara anta hue naahin || Praarabdha roona sare naahin
In different lives a jivatma may play different roles. When Maya (through the jiva) creates such drama, the soul (of human beings) merely observes it like a passive witness. In every birth, the jiva creates his own world by enacting a series of activities in a dramatic fashion. Till the complete annihilation of Maya, the Rina (debt) of his Prarabdha continues (leading to new births).
Tenu nija paribaarara || Dharmaanusaare sebaakara
Roona sujhaa a sebaakari || Gruhastha dharma mane dhari
Dayaa bhaabare sebaakara || Adheena na hoi ‘moha’ ra
‘Moha’ ra hoile utpatti || Maayaathaaru milenaa mukti
Therefore, serve your family in accordance with the principles of family ‘Dharma’ (righteous social conduct). Exhaust your karmic debts by holding on to the principle of ethical conduct in running the family (life). Serve them with compassion but without attachments. If overpowered by attachments (with those whom one serves or is related with), one can never extricate himself from the web of Maya.
Aara janme baa ke’ kaahaara || Tenu ete kiaan adheera
Tenu sujhilaa bele roona || Naba roona na kara janma
It is futile to feel distressed about relationships of this life when one does not know about the relationship in future lives. That is why, while paying off the past debts, one should avoid creating new karmic debts (through such new attachments).
Source: Shri Guru Bhagavat (Vol. 3) by Dr. C B Satpathy [Pages 73-74]