Shloka 14

उपवासविधि-प्रश्नः

Inquiry into the Discipline of Fasting

Devanagari script

दशाचार्यानुपाध्याय उपाध्यायान्‌ पिता दश,गौरवमें दस आचार्योंसे बढ़कर उपाध्याय, दस उपाध्यायोंसे बढ़कर पिता और दस पिताओंसे बढ़कर माता है। माता अपने गौरवसे समूची पृथ्वीको भी तिरस्कृत कर देती है। अतः माताके समान दूसरा कोई गुरु नहीं है

Transliteration

daśācāryān upādhyāyaḥ, upādhyāyān pitā daśa; gauraveṇa daśa pitṝn atikrāmati mātā; mātā hi svagauraveṇa pṛthivīm api tiraskaroti; tasmān mātṛsamo nānyo guruḥ.

Translation

Bhishma said: “An instructor is worth more than ten teachers; a father is worth more than ten instructors; and a mother surpasses even ten fathers in dignity. By her own greatness, a mother can eclipse even the whole earth. Therefore, there is no guru equal to one’s mother.”

Word by Word

दशten

आचार्यान्teachers (ācāryas)

उपाध्यायःthe preceptor (upādhyāya)

उपाध्यायान्preceptors (upādhyāyas)

पिताfather

दशten

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

ācārya

upādhyāya

pitā

mātā

pṛthivī

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes