Markandeyapurana 75.9

75.9

suhṛdāṃ nopakārāya pitṝṇāñca na tṛptaye /
pitrorduḥ khāya dhig janma tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ //

Then dejected in mind Ṛtavāc spoke thus—“Better is it for men to have no son than a bad son! A bad son is always causing trouble to his father’s and mother’s heart; and casts downwards his ancestors who dwell in Svarga. He benefits not his friends, he satisfies not his ancestors, he causes suffering to his parents—fie on the birth of that son who commits evil deeds! Happy are they whose sons are commended by all the world, who benefit others, who are peaceful, who are devoted to good work! Uneasy and dull, averse to the next world, tending towards hell and not towards beatitude is our life which depends on our son, A bad son brings misery on his friends and joy to his adversaries, and he assuredly brings untimely old age on his parents.”