On being a small child, parents lull us to sleep, teach us how to speak, stand and walk. But a Mother plays a special role in the upbringing of her child. She’s the cool hand on your brow when you’re not well. Your mother lives inside your laughter. She’s crystallized in every tear drop. She’s the place you came from, your first home… She’s the map you follow with every step that you take.
In many parts of the world, today is Mother’s Day: the day we honor our mothers for being our loving caretakers in childhood, our guidance in adulthood, our first teacher, our first Goddess. For some, this means a biological mother, for others an adoptive mother and for the rest, a mother-like figure. In India we see God in parents and so as in mother.
There is a saying in Hinduism: Matri Devo Bhava: mother is God.
Often we take advantage of her love for us and forget to give thanks and reverence. Those among us that have left her house and gone off on our own no longer feel obligated to even talk to her besides on special occassions such as today. What we are today is because of all the sacrifices & efforts of our parents and a Mother's role in shaping our future is appreciable.A Mother loves right from the start and holds her baby close to her heart. The bond that grows never falter.
Though as Goddess-like as she may seem, she doesn’t possess the omnipresence or immortality of Bhagvan. As much as she would like to watch over your every move and stay with you throughout your entire life, she cannot. Let’s not treat our mothers as we admittedly sometimes treat God.
“There is no shelter like the mother. There is no refuge like the mother. There is no defense like the mother. There is no one so dear as the mother… There is no mode of life that is superior to serving one’s mother.” - The Mahabharata
Often we take advantage of her love for us and forget to give thanks and reverence. Those among us that have left her house and gone off on our own no longer feel obligated to even talk to her besides on special occassions such as today. What we are today is because of all the sacrifices & efforts of our parents and a Mother's role in shaping our future is appreciable.A Mother loves right from the start and holds her baby close to her heart. The bond that grows never falter.
Though as Goddess-like as she may seem, she doesn’t possess the omnipresence or immortality of Bhagvan. As much as she would like to watch over your every move and stay with you throughout your entire life, she cannot. Let’s not treat our mothers as we admittedly sometimes treat God.
“There is no shelter like the mother. There is no refuge like the mother. There is no defense like the mother. There is no one so dear as the mother… There is no mode of life that is superior to serving one’s mother.” - The Mahabharata