In plain words
Kausalyā performed many vratas and carried out yajñas, yāgas and other rites for the welfare of her children.
Was it not because noble Kausalyā's womb was the pearl-oyster that Rāma became God and shone in glory? Was it not because the great and virtuous Sītā raised them with joy that the twins Lava and Kuśa became great? Was it not because Putlībāī raised him with delight that Gandhi became a Mahātmā and won renown? Was it not because the jewel among women, Jijā, raised him with joy that the hero Śivājī won his name?
Through the Prema of mothers, through their strength and through their vratas, sons are becoming good sons, heroic sons, ideal sons. Mothers alone are the very foundation of the world. The land is called the motherland, but no one says fatherland. The language too is called the mother tongue, but no one says father tongue. Because this sacred strength and capacity is in mothers, good sons and people rich in good conduct have been flourishing in this land. The mothers of those days kept giving good teachings and kept their children firm in good conduct.
The welfare of children rests upon the mothers. So, whether students or boys, none should forget the divinity of mothers, should forget the mother. First of all, you must show gratitude to mothers. You must give mothers respect. You must serve mothers. It is through a mother's Prema itself that a son pursues right education. Mothers alone are the root cause of divinity being realised in the children of today and in the elders too. From that day on, the mother who carried the child for nine months has been subjected to many hardships and losses, sacrificing her life and longing for her son's progress.