सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - माता पिता गुरु

पित्रोर्नित्यं प्रियं कुर्यादाचार्यस्य च सर्वदा ।
तेषु हि त्रिषु तुष्टेषु तपः सर्वं समाप्यते ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

pitrOH nityaM priyaM kuryAd AchAryasya cha sarvadaa ।
teShu hi triShu tuShTeShu tapaH sarvam samApyate ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

One must try to please the parents and the teacher every day. If you can make these three are happy, you can consider all penances as complete.

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara

मातरं पितरं गुरुम्

स्वाधीनं समतिक्रम्य मातरं पितरं गुरुम् ।
अस्वाधीनं कथं दैवं प्रकारैरभिराध्यते ॥

svAdhInaM samatikramya mAtaraM pitaraM gurum ।
asvAdhInaM kathaM daivaM prakAraiH abhirAdhyate ॥

Mother, father and teacher are the Gods that we see. What kind of religion is that which tells us to forget them and go behind Gods that we do not see?

रामायण - किष्किंधा - पितरः

ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पिता चैव यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति ।
त्रयस्ते पितरो ज्ञेया धर्मे वर्त्मनि वर्तिनः ॥

- रामायण, किष्किंधा

jyeShTho bhrAtA pitA chaiva yashcha vidyAm prayacChati ।
trayaste pitaro jneyaa dharme vartmani vartinaH ॥

- rAmAyaNa, kiShkindhA

One must treat eldest brother, real father and teacher with the same reverence that a father deserves.

- Ramayana, Kishkindha

समयोचितपद्यमालिका - पितरः

जनिता चोपनेता च यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति ।
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पंचैते पितरः स्मृताः ॥

- समयोचितपद्यमालिका

janitA cha upanetA cha yashca vidyAm prayacChati ।
annadAtA bhayatrAtaa panchaite pitaraH smRutaaH ॥

- samayochitapadyamAlikA

The following people must be treated with respect as if they were our fathers - one who gives birth, one who initiates us to the sanatana dharma, one who teaches us, one who gives us food and one who protects us and rescues us from fear.

- Samayochitapadyamalika

हितोपदेश - विद्या

माता शत्रुः पिता वैरी बालो येन न पाठितः ।
न शोभते सभा मध्ये हंसमध्ये बको यथा ॥

- हितोपदेश

Both the mother and father are enemies of a child if they do not educate him. He will be a misfit in any gathering - like a duck among swans.

- Hitopadesha

रामायण - अयोध्या - पितुर्वचन

धर्मो हि परमो लोके धर्मे सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
धर्मसंश्रितमेतच्च पितुर्वचनमुत्तमम् ॥

- रामायण, अयोध्या

Nothing is above the Dharma (the moral code of life). There is no greater truth than dharma. Following one's father's advice is hence the first thing to do (given that his advice is according to dharma).

- Ramayana, Ayodhya

पञ्चतंत्र - मित्रभेद - हितैषि

माता मित्रं पिता चेति स्वभावात् त्रितयं हितम् |
कार्यकारणतश्चान्ये भवन्ति हितबुद्धयः ||

- पञ्चतंत्र, मित्रभेद

Mother, friend and father - these are the only three people who will help you by nature. All other become well-wishers only to serve their own purpose.

- Panchatantra, Mitrabheda