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by acting according to their wish. All the penances are taken as done if these three are pleased. To serve them and to gratify them by all possible means is the greatest penance. No religious rite should be performed without their permission."
In 'Mahabharata' a religious scripture of the Hindus, Grand father Bhisma tells Yudhisthir, In my opinion the filial devotion to parents is the best form of religion for the three lokas (worlds) and in three Ashrams (Divisions of life etc.) are all included in the parents. The Guru is still superior to them. He who always worships them whole heartedly is sure to gain the victory over all the three worlds. He who has pleased them has pleased the whole world, and he who has displeased them has destroyed all his good deeds. This is my firm belief.
Shrimad Bhagavata Purana says' No body in this world can ever requite the good turns done to him by his father the creator of his body. The son who acts according to the intention of his father, is the best son. He who does the work entrusted to him by his father sincerely is a obedient son and who does not work even when told to do so is the worst son.
“ The Upnishad ” says, “ The mother is just like a goodess and the father and the Acharyas are like gods."
Greek and Roman men of eminence like Cicero, Pythagoras and Confucius also observe that one ought to have great devotion for parents and ought to pay due respects to them.
From the extracts and opinions quoted above, the reader would surely come to the conclusion that every child should have filial devotion. But the question is how one can serive
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