TEXT 44
uttamas cintitam kuryat
prokta-kari tu madhyamah
adhamo sraddhaya kuryad
akartoccaritam pituh
SYNONYMS
uttamahthe best; cintitamconsidering the fathers idea; kuryatacts accordingly; prokta-karione who acts on the order of the father; tuindeed; madhyamahmediocre; adhamahlower class; asraddhayawithout any faith; kuryatacts; akartaunwilling to do; uccaritamlike stool; pituhof the father.
TRANSLATION
A son who acts by anticipating what his father wants him to do is first class, one who acts upon receiving his fathers order is second class, and one who executes his fathers order irreverently is third class. But a son who refuses his fathers order is like his fathers stool.
PURPORT
Puru, Yayatis last son, immediately accepted his fathers proposal, for although he was the youngest, he was very qualified. Puru thought, I should have accepted my fathers proposal before he asked, but I did not. Therefore I am not a first-class son. I am second class. But I do not wish to become the lowest type of son, who is compared to his fathers stool. One Indian poet has spoken of putra and mutra. putra means son, and mutra means urine. Both a son and urine come from the same genitals. If a son is an obedient devotee of the Lord he is called putra, or a real son; otherwise, if he is not learned and is not a devotee, a son is nothing better than urine.

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