Bhagavatapurana 9.18.44
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9.18.44
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- Sanskrit
9.18.44
uttamaścintitaṃ kuryāt proktakārī tu madhyamaḥ /
adhamo 'śraddhayā kuryādakartoccaritaṃ pituḥ //
44. “He is the best son who would do what the father *thinks* of and he is a middling character who does what is expressly told by him and he is the lowest who does the father’s bidding with indifference and he who refuses to do is his father’s refuse”.
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
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- Critical edition (BORI) — Sanskrit