Such foods are milk, butter, sugar, cereals etc., – foods and drinks that help to make the reproductive element (both male and female) of the highest quality, free from all faults and imperfections. dry), and prejudicial to the growth of the intellect and use those articles that are productive of mental tranquility, health, strength, intellect, energy and good temper – qualities that go to make a man refined. It behoves both parents before, during, and after conception to avoid the use of such foods and drinks as are intoxicating, decomposed (Lit. This explains the use of the word Matrimaan in the above quotation, meaning thereby:- “He alone is said to have a mother whose mother is devout and learned.” Blessed is the mother who never ceases to impart religious tone to the mind of her child from the time of conception till his knowledge is perfected. No other person can equal a mother in her love for her children, or in her anxiety for their welfare.

The mother’s healthy influence on her children surpasses that of everyone else.

“Verily, that man alone can become a great scholar who has had the advantage of three good teachers, viz., father, mother, and preceptor.” Blessed is the family, most fortunate is the child whose parents are godly and learned. Maatrimaan Pitrimaan A’charyavaan Purusho Veda – Shatapatha Brahmana.*

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