Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 390

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ajātamṛtamūrkhebhyo mṛtājātau sutau varam /
yatastau svalpaduḥkhāya yāvajjīvaṃ jaḍo dahet //

Among sons who are unborn, dead, or foolish, the dead and the unborn are better; / for those two cause but little grief, while a fool burns [his parents] as long as he lives.