Verse 40

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। ॥ ४१ ॥

In plain words

Somewhere, to some man, a son is born with every quality you could ask for. And he dies young, or he is sick, or he has no children of his own — even then, it comes to grief.

Close to the Sanskrit

A son endowed with all qualities does, for someone somewhere, come to be; he is short-lived, or diseased, or indeed childless — even so, it is for grief.