One may say that being a mother is not that hard at all, that being a mother involves no effort. They may keep saying these as they fill more delusion in their minds. Because they cannot possibly imagine the greatness and toughness of a mother’s job. Motherhood is not a joke; it is not a part-time activity one does all day sitting at home. It is the creation and management of a soul that may lead the world to glory.
It is the act of creation, the work of gods themselves. So, don’t forget now, dear deluded ones, that God couldn’t be everywhere. So he created Mothers. To provide love and care, and to teach and enlighten those who will become great souls. As great as those who gave birth to them.
When the exiled Pandavas condemned themselves to death by drinking water from a lake belonging to a Yaksha without his permission, which was by answering his questions. Yuddhisthir, the wisest and last remaining Pandava, decided to answer the Yaksha’s questions. He asked Yuddhisthir many philosophical questions, all of which he answered with the great wisdom and knowledge he possessed.
One of the questions was “What is heavier than Earth?” And the answer was “Mother.” I didn’t understand that along with many of the other answers, but I do now. A woman who has become a mother has to carry a burden much heavier than even the Earth itself carries. It is a justifiable glorification of the love and care a mother showers on her children that even the entire planet can’t rival.
Yuddhisthir clearly knew the value of a mother’s love. When the pleased Yaksha offered to revive one of his brothers, he chose his half-brother Nakul, the youngest son of Madri. Since his mother, Kunti, already had one son left, he didn’t want Madri to suffer the loss of both her sons by selfishly reviving his brothers, Arjuna and Bhima. This caused the impressed Yaksha to revive all of them and return them to their mothers.
The Mahabharata is an epic that tells of various atrocities and the rise of adharma in the world. But it also teaches how to destroy those evils by following some divine and timeless values, including respect and love for one’s parents. It also acknowledges the value of a mother.
