Revere your mother and Motherland. This is the teaching that our scriptures have been propagating since ages. The Vedas declare: “Maathru devo bhava” - revere your mother as God. This applies even to your country of birth, your motherland. Revere your country and follow its culture. Revere your mother, who has brought you up with love, care and sacrifice. However famous one may be, if one does not revere one’s mother, one does not deserve any respect. A person whose heart is so hard that it does not melt at the pleadings of the mother deserves nothing but ridicule.

- Divine Discourse, "Mother and Motherland", 27-11-1965.

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