Who is a Good Son?

""Suputhrah Kula Deepakah" (A good son is a beacon for the family). 

Who is a good son? 

He is a good son, who is always immersed in the contemplation of God, in sacred activities and leads a godly life. 

A good son is one who reveres his parents, pleases them by rendering service, and is grateful for all that he has received from them. Nor is that all. 

A good son earns a good name in society. 

A good son sheds greatness on the family like the fragrance of a jasmine creeper in a forest. 

Nowadays, parents distribute sweets on the birth of a son. But it is not the birth that is the right occasion for celebration. The right moment for celebration is when the son earns a good name in society. 

"The father will not rejoice on the day a son is born. 

He will rejoice when he hears the praise of the virtues 

Of his sort by others," says a Telugu poem. 

God also will be happy when a son earns such a good name. A son should be called a good man by one and all. Such a Suputhra (good son) is a beacon-light for the entire family."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 18.6.1996)