Compiled by london swaminathan

Date: 8 May 2016

Post No. 2793

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Following are the proverbs and sayings on Mother in Tamil ,Sanskrit and English

1.A man’s mother is his other God (African Proverb).

2.The teacher is more important than ten instructors; And the father more than a hundred teachers, but the mother more than a thousand fathers- Manu Smriti 2-145

3.Mataa, Pitaa, Guru, Deivam.

4.Guru is the physical form of god, the father the physical form of Brahma, the mother the physical form of the earth and the brother is the physical form of one’s own self- Manu Smrti 2-227

5.A mother’s love is best of all.

6.A mother’s love never ages

7.Never forget your mother (Tamil: Mathaavai oru Naalum Marakka veendaam)

8.Though one see’s one’s mother starving let the person not do  those actions which are condemned by the wise- Tirukkural 656

9.It is not as thy mother says, but as thy neighbours say.

10.A father’s goodness higher than the mountains; a mother’s goodness is deeper than the sea (Japanese Proverb)

11.An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.

12.Like mother like daughter

13.Like mother like daughter; like yarn like the sari (Tamil Proverb)

14.The birth follows the belly (daughter is like her mother)

15.Is there a mother who does not pardon the mistake of her offspring? – Pratima Nataka

16.The mother’s side is the surest

17.The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

18.THERE MAY BE BAD SONS BUT NEVER A BAD MOTHER- Devi Aparadha Kshamapana Stotra

19.There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

The owl thinks her own young fairest (For a crow its young one is golden- Tamil Proverb)

20.The good mother says not. “Will you?” but gives.

21.The mother’s breath is aye sweet.

22.The mother of the coward does not worry about him (Arabic proverb).

23.Mother and Motherland are greater than heaven  (Jananii janma bhuumisca svargaadapi gariiyasii) – Kahavatranakar

24.Home life is blessed as long as mother is alive– Kahavatranakar

25.Unbrarable are the sorrows of mothers –Brhad Katha manjari

26.When a daughter is given away in marriage, mothers feel distressed-Pratinjaa yaugandharaayana

27.No god beyond mother (Na maatuh daivatam param)—Canakya Neeti

28.The teesth of the mother cat do not harm her kittens

29.For all humans, the mother indeed is the God of all Gods.

30.Hail the Mother as God! Hail the Father as God (Maatr Devo bhava pitr devo bhava) – Taittiriya Upanishad.

31.As the Mother, so the daughter –Kahavatratnakar

32.None indeed can nourish your body like the mother – Subhasitaratnavali

33.The caress of a mother is as soothing as a water-jet to the thirsty.

–subham–