Verse 39

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In plain words

A son can turn out to be the very one who destroys his father, mother, and kin — born only to break their hearts. He waits for his own father's death, hoping to become master of the property.

Close to the Sanskrit

A son may be born to become a destroyer of father, mother, and kin, a source of grief for the mind; the son looks forward to his own father's death, for the sake of becoming master over wealth and the like.