Remembrance of mother.

Niti Sastra by Canakya Pandita

atma-mata guroh patni

brahmani raja-patnika

dhenur dhatri tatha prthvi

saptaita matarah smrtah

atma-mata-one's own mother; guroh-patni-the wife of the guru; brahmani-the wife of a brahmana; raja-patnika-the wife of a king; dhenuh-the cow; dhatri-the nurse; tatha-thus; prthvi-the earth; sapta eta-these seven; matarah-mothers; smrtah-should be remembered as.

 

One's own mother, the wife of the guru, the wife of a brahmana, the wife of a king, the cow, the nurse, and the earth are known as the seven mothers of a man.

Niti Sastra

matrvat para-daresu

para-dravyesu lostravat

atmavat sarva-bhutesu

yah pasyati sa panditah

 

matrvat-like one's mother; para-daresu-others' wives; para-dravyesu-others' positions; lostravat-like a lump of clay; atmavat-like one's self; sarva-bhutesu-all living beings; yah-who; pasyati-sees; sah-he; panditah-a learned man.

One who sees others' wives as his mother, who sees all others' possessions as insignificant as a lump of clay, and who sees all living beings as himself-such a person is considered a learned man.

 

Bg. 9.17

pitaham asya jagato

mata dhata pitamahah

vedyam pavitram omkara

rk sama yajur eva ca

I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support, and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also the Rg, the Sama, and the Yajur Vedas.

S.B. 5.5.18

gurur na sa syat sva-jano na sa syat

pita na sa syaj janani na sa syat

daivam na tat syan na patis ca sa syan

na mocayed yah samupeta-mrtyum

One who cannot deliver his dependents from the path of repeated birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a father, a husband, a mother or a worshipable demigod.

 

(Lord Rsabhadeva instructs His 100 sons)