Mata Gurutara Bhumeh (Yaksha Prashna) — Complete Lyrics
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
माता गुरुतरा भूमेः खात् पितोच्चतरस्तथा।
मनः शीघ्रतरं वातात् चिन्ता बहुतरी तृणात्॥
mātā gurutarā bhūmeḥ khāt pitoccatarastathā।
manaḥ śīghrataraṁ vātāt cintā bahutarī tṛṇāt॥
The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the sky; the mind is swifter than the wind; and anxious cares are more numerous than blades of grass. This celebrated answer of Yudhishthira to the Yaksha exalts the mother above the earth itself and the father above the heavens, while warning that the restless mind and its worries are boundless.
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