Devanagari
यत: पापीयसी कीर्तिरधर्मश्च महान्नृणाम् ।
यतो विरोध: सर्वेषां यत आधिरनन्तक: ॥ ४४ ॥
Verse text
yataḥ pāpīyasī kīrtir
adharmaś ca mahān nṛṇām
yato virodhaḥ sarveṣāṁ
yata ādhir anantakaḥ
Synonyms
yataḥ
—
on account of a bad son
;
pāpīyasī
—
sinful
;
kīrtiḥ
—
reputation
;
adharmaḥ
—
irreligion
;
ca
—
also
;
mahān
—
great
;
nṛṇām
—
of men
;
yataḥ
—
from which
;
virodhaḥ
—
quarrel
;
sarveṣām
—
of all people
;
yataḥ
—
from which
;
ādhiḥ
—
anxiety
;
anantakaḥ
—
endless.
Translation
A sinful son causes a person’s reputation to vanish. His irreligious activities at home cause irreligion and quarrel among everyone, and this creates only endless anxiety.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Because of a bad son, sinful reputation and great irreligion arise. From a bad son arises quarrel among everyone. From a bad son arises endless anxiety.