Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.13.45

kas taḿ prajāpadeśaḿ vai

moha-bandhanam ātmanaḥ

paṇḍito bahu manyeta

yad-arthāḥ kleśadā gṛhāḥ

SYNONYMS

kaḥ — who; tam — him; prajā-apadeśam — son in name only; vai — certainly; moha — of illusion; bandhanam — bondage; ātmanaḥ — for the soul; paṇḍitaḥ — intelligent man; bahu manyeta — would value; yat-arthāḥ — because of whom; kleśa-dāḥ — painful; gṛhāḥ — home.

TRANSLATION

Who, if he is considerate and intelligent, would desire such a worthless son? Such a son is nothing but a bond of illusion for the living entity, and he makes one's home miserable.

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