The son is not fettered by the acts of the father, or the father by those of the son. Fettered by their own acts good and bad, all have to wend this common road.
न कर्मणा पितुः पुत्रः पिता वा पुत्रकर्मणा। मार्गेणान्येन गच्छन्ति वद्धाः सुकृतदुष्कृतैः॥