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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.18.44

ఉత్తమశ్చిన్తితం కుర్యాత్ ప్రోక్తకారీ తు మధ్యమ: । అధమోఽశ్రద్ధయా కుర్యాదకర్తోచ్చరితం పితు: ॥ ౪౪ ॥
uttamaś cintitaṁ kuryāt
[uttamash chintitam kuryaat]
prokta-kārī tu madhyamaḥ
[prokta-kaaree tu madhyamah]
adhamo ’śraddhayā kuryād
[adhamo ’shraddhayaa kuryaad]
akartoccaritaṁ pituḥ
[akartochcharitam pituh]
uttamaḥ — the best cintitam — considering the father’s idea kuryāt — acts accordingly prokta-kārī — one who acts on the order of the father tu — indeed madhyamaḥ — mediocre adhamaḥ — lower class aśraddhayā — without any faith kuryāt — acts akartā — unwilling to do uccaritam — like stool pituḥ — of the father.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
uttamaś cintitaṁ kuryāt
uttamaḥ
the best
cintitam
considering the father’s idea
kuryāt
acts accordingly
prokta-kārī tu madhyamaḥ
prokta-kārī
one who acts on the order of the father
tu
indeed
madhyamaḥ
mediocre
adhamo ’śraddhayā kuryād
adhamaḥ
lower class
aśraddhayā
without any faith
kuryāt
acts
akartoccaritaṁ pituḥ
akartā
unwilling to do
uccaritam
like stool
pituḥ
of the father.
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.

Pūru, Yayāti’s last son, immediately accepted his father’s proposal, for although he was the youngest, he was very qualified. Pūru thought, “I should have accepted my father’s proposal before he asked, but I did not. Therefore I am not a first-class son. I am second class. But I do not wish to become the lowest type of son, who is compared to his father’s stool.” One Indian poet has spoken of putra and mūtra. Putra means “son,” and mūtra means “urine.” Both a son and urine come from the same genitals. If a son is an obedient devotee of the Lord he is called putra, or a real son; otherwise, if he is not learned and is not a devotee, a son is nothing better than urine.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
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 without faith is third class. But a son who refuses his father's order is like his father's stool. Though I will carry out your order, I am not the best son but a second class son. Uccaritam means “similar to urine and stool.”
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