कदपत्यं वरं मन्ये सदपत्याच्छुचां पदात् । निर्विद्येत गृहान्मर्त्यो यत्क्लेशनिवहा गृहा: ॥ ४६ ॥
kad-apatyam varam manye sad-apatyac chucam padat nirvidyeta grhan martyo yat-klesa-nivaha grhah
- kad-apatyam
- bad son
- varam
- better
- manye
- I think
- sat-apatyat
- than a good son
- sucam
- of grief
- padat
- the source
- nirvidyeta
- becomes detached
- grhat
- from home
- martyah
- a mortal man
- yat
- because of whom
- klesa-nivahah
- hellish
- grhah
- home.
Then the King thought: A bad son is better than a good son because a good son creates an attachment for home, whereas a bad son does not. A bad son creates a hellish home from which an intelligent man naturally becomes very easily detached.