Bhagavata Purana 4.13.46
Srimad Bhagavatam · 13 · Verse 46
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कदपत्यं वरं मन्ये सदपत्याच्छुचां पदात् । निर्विद्येत गृहान्मर्त्यो यत्क्लेशनिवहा गृहा: ॥ ४६ ॥
kad-apatyaṁ varaṁ manye sad-apatyāc chucāṁ padāt nirvidyeta gṛhān martyo yat-kleśa-nivahā gṛhāḥ
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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.