Passage 20

In English

A father may distribute sweets when a son is born to him. But he is immersed in grief when the same son turns into a dacoit. Students must realise that the mother is even greater than God. You should not forget the dictum, (revere your mother, father, preceptor, and guest as God). If you cannot understand the aspirations of your mother, who is God in human form before you, how can you understand God who is imperceptible? He who is incapable of loving his mother, father, and children, how can he love God? Students must realise that their head, blood, food, and (money) are all derived from parents. Only the one who reveres his parents is eligible to be called the light of his clan. A single creeper of jasmine spreads fragrance all over the forest; and a tree of bad odor spoils the charm of the garden.