"Knowing that mother and father are the visible representations of God, the householder always and by all means, must please them. If the mother is pleased, and the father, God is pleased with the man. That child is really a good child who never speaks harsh towards his parents.

Before parents one must not utter jokes, must not show restlessness, must not show anger or temper. Before mother or father, a child must bow down low, and stand up in their presence, and must not take a seat until they order him to sit.

If householder has food and drink and clothes without first seeing that his mother and father, his children, his wife, and the poor are supplied, he is committing a sin. The father and the mother are the causes of his body; so a man must undergo a thousand troubles in order to do good to them."