Text 45] King Yayati Regains His Youth 47
adhamo ’Sraddhaya kuryad
akartoccaritam pituh
uttamah—the best; cintitam—considering the father’s idea; kuryat—
acts accordingly; prokta-kiri—one who acts on the order of the
father; tu—indeed; madhyamah—mediocre; adhamah—lower class;
asraddhayé—without any faith; kuryat—acts; akarta —unwilling to do;
uccaritam—like stool; pituh—of 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 father’s order is second
class, and one who executes his father’s order irreverently is third
class. But a son who refuses his father’s order is like his father’s
stool.
PURPORT
Piru, Yayati’s last son, immediately accepted his father’s proposal, for
although he was the youngest, he was very qualified. Piru thought, “I
should have accepted my father’s 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 father’s stool.”
One Indian poet has spoken of putra and miitra. Putra means “son,” and
mitra 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.
TEXT 45
aft sata: Te: wages fia: |
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TS TEAM BA TAASTTT FT leu
iti pramuditah piruh
pratyagrhnaj jaram pituh
so "pi tad-vayasé kamdn
yathdvaj jujuse nrpa
