What is the use of raising children who are neither righteous nor prosperous? It is better to grow a tree by the roadside where people can come and rest.
बहुभिर्बत किं जातैः पुत्रैर्धर्मार्थवर्जितैः / वरमेकः पथि तरुर्यत्र विश्रमते जनः //
bahubhirbatha kim jAthaihi puthrairDHarmArTHavarjithaihi / varamEkaha paTHi tharuryathra vishramathE janaha //
[This verse is from Upavana Vinoda, a section in Sharngadhara Padhdhathi, an encyclopaedia written by Sharngadhara in the thirteenth century.]