Bhagavata Purana 9.18.44
Srimad Bhagavatam · 18 · Verse 44
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Sanskrit Original
उत्तमश्चिन्तितं कुर्यात् प्रोक्तकारी तु मध्यम: । अधमोऽश्रद्धया कुर्यादकर्तोच्चरितं पितु: ॥ ४४ ॥
uttamaś cintitaṁ kuryāt prokta-kārī tu madhyamaḥ adhamo ’śraddhayā kuryād akartoccaritaṁ pituḥ
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A son who acts by anticipating what his father wants him to do is first class, one who acts upon receiving his father’s order is second class, and one who executes his father’s order irreverently is third class. But a son who refuses his father’s order is like his father’s stool.