Shloka 126
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
सुखं नैवेह नामुत्र लभन्ते पुरुषाधमा: । बेटा! जो इस प्रकार विनयशून्य एवं अशिक्षित पौत्रसे हर्षको प्राप्त होता है तथा उद्योगरहित
sukhaṃ naiveha nāmutra labhante puruṣādhamāḥ |
至卑之人，今世不得乐，来世亦不得乐。其义在于：若有人以未受教养、无谦恭、懒惰、无礼而愚昧的子孙为荣——他们或全然不作事，或一旦行动便行可责之事——则此等后嗣非福而祸，致败不致成；故卑劣之人于此世彼世皆无真正安乐。
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness depends on dharmic conduct and disciplined effort; those who are base in character—idle, untrained, and inclined to blameworthy actions—gain neither worldly welfare nor posthumous good.
A son speaks a moral judgment about the fate of ‘base men,’ emphasizing that taking satisfaction in uneducated, undisciplined descendants is self-defeating because such heirs do not perform worthy deeds and thus bring no benefit in this world or the next.