भूमिका Preface
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Preface " pita dharmah pita svargah pita hi paraman tapah. pitari preetimaapanne preeyante sarvadevata." That is, the father is the religion, the father is the heaven and the father is the Supreme austerity. When the father is pleased, all the deities are pleased. This shloka (kind of couplet in Sanskrit grammar ) of " Padma Purana " is sufficient to explain the importance of father in the life of a child. The word father is derived from the Sanskrit original word 'pitra'. The word 'Pitra' is derived from the dhatu (In Sanskrit grammar, the root form of verbs is called dhatu) 'Pa' which means to protect and to maintain. In the RgVeda's (Ṛgveda, the oldest of the sacred books of Hinduism, co...