Treat as god
Feb 22nd, 2007 | By admin | Category: quotesAcharya Devo Bhava, Atithi Devo Bhava
These are the preachings handed down to us by Taittirīya Upanishad. It means “Regard the mother as God, the father as God, the teacher as God, and the guest as God”.
We should show love & respect to our parents, and take care of them as much as we take care of our children. Any amount of prayer to Lord will not please him if we forget our parents. We should have the same gratitude for the teacher(acharya) as we have for the god. The importance and the role of a teacher is well emphasized in many of the sanskrit verses (see my earlier posts). Taking good care of our guests and honoring them has been a part of our ancient culture, and is well expressed in this verse.
To our dismay, we often find people fight with the mother, argue with the father, look down upon the teacher, and insult the guest. Lets try to educate them, and make sure we are not one among such people.
By Mr. Vardharajan
