CHAPTER 72 — पवित्र-मातृ-पितृत्व-कला | Sacred Art of Parenting

हे प्रज्ञा-अन्वेषक, पवित्र-मातृ-पितृत्व-कलायाः इमानि वचांसि शृणु। यथा ऊर्ध्वे तथा अधः। सुखावत्याः दिव्य-कुटुम्बं भौमिक-गृहाय दिव्य-आदर्शं ददाति। महामार्गी मातृ-पिता एनं ब्रह्माण्डीय-व्यवस्थां गभीरतया अनुचिन्तयतु॥१॥

he prajñā-anveṣaka, pavitra-mātṛ-pitṛtva-kalāyāḥ imāni vacāṃsi śṛṇu। yathā ūrdhve tathā adhaḥ। sukhāvatyāḥ divya-kuṭumbaṃ bhaumika-gṛhāya divya-ādarśaṃ dadāti। mahāmārgī mātṛ-pitā enaṃ brahmāṇḍīya-vyavasthāṃ gabhīratayā anucintayatu॥1॥

O seeker of wisdom, hearken to these words on the sacred art of parenting: As above, so below. The celestial household of Sukhavati Heaven offers a divine template for the earthly home. Let the Wayist parent reflect deeply on this cosmic order.

स्वर्ग-लोके पितृ-देवो याङ्ग-शक्ति-रूपेण तिष्ठति, व्यवस्थानाम् अवसराणां च शिल्पी। सः तितली-मार्गस्य यन्त्राणि स्थापयति, महामार्ग-उपदेशानां पवित्रताम् उपलब्धतां च सुनिश्चिन्वन्। तस्य शक्तिः रक्षणस्य कार्यपालक-मार्गदर्शनस्य च, दिव्य-करुणायां प्रतिष्ठिता॥२॥

svarga-loke pitṛ-devo yāṅg-śakti-rūpeṇa tiṣṭhati, vyavasthānām avasarāṇāṃ ca śilpī। saḥ titlī-mārgasya yantrāṇi sthāpayati, mahāmārga-upadeśānāṃ pavitratām upalabdhatāṃ ca suniścinvan। tasya śaktiḥ rakṣaṇasya kāryapālaka-mārgadarśanasya ca, divya-karuṇāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitā॥2॥

In the heavenly realm, God the Father stands as the yang force, the architect of systems and opportunities. He establishes the mechanisms of Butterfly Path, ensuring the purity and availability of theWAY’s teachings. His is the energy of protection and executive guidance, grounded in divine compassion.

तस्य पार्श्वे, मातृ-देवी यिन्-शक्तिं मूर्तीकरोति, सर्व-प्राणिषु प्रज्ञां पोषयन्ती संवर्धयन्ती च। सा दिव्य-कुटुम्बस्य आन्तरिक-क्रियासु प्रवृत्ता, याङ्ग-निर्देशानाम् आन्तरीकरणं पोषयन्ती, दिव्य-प्रज्ञायां प्रतिष्ठिता॥३॥

tasya pārśve, mātṛ-devī yin-śaktiṃ mūrtīkaroti, sarva-prāṇiṣu prajñāṃ poṣayantī saṃvardhayantī ca। sā divya-kuṭumbasya āntarika-kriyāsu pravṛttā, yāṅg-nirdeśānām āntarīkaraṇaṃ poṣayantī, divya-prajñāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitā॥3॥

Alongside him, God the Mother embodies the yin force, nurturing and cultivating wisdom within all beings. She tends to the inner workings of the celestial household, fostering the internalization of yang directives, grounded in divine wisdom.

मिलित्वा तौ समर्थन-व्यवस्थां सृजतः, तथापि स्वकीय-दिव्य-शिशुषु स्वामित्वं न दावितः। तौ कर्म-धर्म-मायानां महा-चक्राणि प्रवर्तयतः, ततो अपसर्पतः, प्रत्येक-जीवाय स्वतन्त्र-इच्छायाः पवित्र-वरदानम् अनुमन्यमानौ॥४॥

militvā tau samarthana-vyavasthāṃ sṛjataḥ, tathāpi svakīya-divya-śiśuṣu svāmitvaṃ na dāvitaḥ। tau karma-dharma-māyānāṃ mahā-cakrāṇi pravartayataḥ, tato apasarpataḥ, pratyeka-jīvāya svatantra-icchāyāḥ pavitra-varadānam anumanyamānau॥4॥

Together, they create a system of support, yet claim no ownership over their celestial children. They set in motion the great wheels of Karma, Dharma, and Maya, then step back, allowing each soul the sacred gift of free will.

एवम् एव महामार्गी मातृ-पिता एनं दिव्य-संतुलनम् अनुकर्तुं यतताम्। पिता, याङ्ग-रूपेण, व्यवस्थाम् अवसरं च सृजति। माता, यिन्-रूपेण, शिशोः आन्तरिक-विकासं पोषयति मार्गदर्शयति च। तथापि उभौ सामरस्येन सहकार्यं कुर्यातां, प्रत्येकम् अन्य-भूमिकां समर्थयन् सम्मानयन्, परस्परं पोषयन् च॥५॥

evam eva mahāmārgī mātṛ-pitā enaṃ divya-saṃtulanam anukartuṃ yatatām। pitā, yāṅg-rūpeṇa, vyavasthām avasaraṃ ca sṛjati। mātā, yin-rūpeṇa, śiśoḥ āntarika-vikāsaṃ poṣayati mārgadarśayati ca। tathāpi ubhau sāmarasyena sahakāryaṃ kuryātāṃ, pratyekam anya-bhūmikāṃ samarthayan sammānayan, parasparaṃ poṣayan ca॥5॥

So too must the Wayist parent strive to emulate this divine balance. The father, as yang, creates structure and opportunity. The mother, as yin, nurtures and guides the inner development of the child. Yet both must work in harmony, each supporting and honoring the other’s role, each supporting and nurturing one another.

यथा स्वर्गे माया रक्षक-अग्नि-प्राकार-रूपेण कार्यं करोति, तथैव मातृ-पितरः हानिकर-प्रभावेभ्यः स्व-शिशवो रक्षेयुः, प्रज्ञा-वृद्ध्या क्रमेण तेषां जगत्-विस्तारयन्तः। यथा कर्म दिव्य-प्राणिनः शिक्षयति, तथैव बालकाः स्व-कर्मणां प्राकृतिक-परिणामान् शिक्षेरन्। यथा च धर्मो जीवान् आत्म-चिन्तनाय मार्गदर्शयति, तथैव मातृ-पितरः स्व-सन्तानेषु आत्म-निरीक्षणं नैतिक-अवगमनं च पोषयेयुः॥६॥

yathā svarge māyā rakṣaka-agni-prākāra-rūpeṇa kāryaṃ karoti, tathaiva mātṛ-pitaraḥ hānikara-prabhāvebhyaḥ sva-śiśavo rakṣeyuḥ, prajñā-vṛddhyā krameṇa teṣāṃ jagat-vistārayantaḥ। yathā karma divya-prāṇinaḥ śikṣayati, tathaiva bālakāḥ sva-karmaṇāṃ prākṛtika-pariṇāmān śikṣeran। yathā ca dharmo jīvān ātma-cintanāya mārgadarśayati, tathaiva mātṛ-pitaraḥ sva-santāneṣu ātma-nirīkṣaṇaṃ naitika-avagamanaṃ ca poṣayeyuḥ॥6॥

As Maya in Heaven acts as a protective firewall, so must parents shield their young from harmful influences, gradually expanding their world as wisdom grows. As Karma teaches celestial beings, so must children learn the natural consequences of their actions. And as Dharma guides souls to self-reflection, so must parents foster introspection and ethical understanding in their offspring.

विवेकी मातृ-पिता, स्वर्गीय-दिव्य-मातृ-पित्रोरिव, प्रेम्णा सीमां स्थापयति। सर्व-दिक्षु सम्मानः प्रवहति इति सुरक्षित-आश्रयं सृजति — शिशोः मातृ-पित्रोः प्रति, मातृ-पित्रोः शिशोः प्रति, मातृ-पित्रोश्च परस्परम्। एतस्मिन् पवित्र-स्थाने शिशुः आत्म-विश्वासेन करुणया च जगत्-मार्गं नेतुं शिक्षते॥७॥

vivekī mātṛ-pitā, svargīya-divya-mātṛ-pitrorivā, premṇā sīmāṃ sthāpayati। sarva-dikṣu sammānaḥ pravahati iti surakṣita-āśrayaṃ sṛjati — śiśoḥ mātṛ-pitroḥ prati, mātṛ-pitroḥ śiśoḥ prati, mātṛ-pitrośca parasparam। etasmin pavitra-sthāne śiśuḥ ātma-viśvāsena karuṇayā ca jagat-mārgaṃ netuṃ śikṣate॥7॥

The wise parent, like the divine parents of Heaven, sets boundaries with love. They create a safe haven where respect flows in all directions - child to parent, parent to child, and between parents. In this sacred space, the child learns to navigate the world with confidence and compassion.

तथापि स्मर, हे महामार्गिन्, यद् तव शिशुस् तव सम्पत् न, अपितु स्व-यात्रायाः जीवः। प्रत्येकः शिशुर् दिव्य-पाठशालायां विविध-कक्षासु स्थितो जीवः। तव कार्यं मार्गदर्शनं, न नियन्त्रणम्; प्रज्ञा-सृजनस्य अवसरान् दातुं, न तु सांस्कृतिक-नियन्त्रित-ज्ञानस्य आग्रहं कर्तुं, न तेषां ग्राह्य-मनःसु तव सांस्कृतिक-नियन्त्रित-चिन्तनम् आरोपयितुम्। स्वकीय-संकल्पानुसारेण जनं रचयितुं, शिशोश्च मातृ-पितृ-व्यवहारे व्यवधानं कर्तुं — पापं यद् बहूनां मातृ-पितृणां कर्म-पतनस्य कारणम् अभूत्॥८॥

tathāpi smara, he mahāmārgin, yad tava śiśus tava sampat na, apitu sva-yātrāyāḥ jīvaḥ। pratyekaḥ śiśur divya-pāṭhaśālāyāṃ vividha-kakṣāsu sthito jīvaḥ। tava kāryaṃ mārgadarśanaṃ, na niyantraṇam; prajñā-sṛjanasya avasarān dātuṃ, na tu sāṃskṛtika-niyantrita-jñānasya āgrahaṃ kartuṃ, na teṣāṃ grāhya-manaḥsu tava sāṃskṛtika-niyantrita-cintanam āropayitum। svakīya-saṅkalpānusāreṇa janaṃ racayituṃ, śiśośca mātṛ-pitṛ-vyavahāre vyavadhānaṃ kartuṃ — pāpaṃ yad bahūnāṃ mātṛ-pitṛṇāṃ karma-patanasya kāraṇam abhūt॥8॥

Yet remember, O Wayist, that your child is not your possession, but a soul on its own journey. Each child, a soul at a different grade in school. Your task is to guide, not to control; to offer opportunities to create wisdom, not to insist on cultural conditioned knowledge, not to impose on their impressionable minds your cultural conditioned thinking. To form a person according to your own designs, and to interfere in the child’s parenting, is a sin which has been the karmic downfall of many a parent.

तव तरुण-शिशवे विकल्प-स्वातन्त्र्यम् अनुमन्यस्व, यदा ते विकल्पाः संघर्षं नयन्ति अपि। यतः एतादृश-अनुभवैः जीव उत्क्रामति। तेषां कर्म त्वं न जानासि — कस्यचिज् जनस्य कर्मणि व्यवधानं मा कुरु, तान् तव कर्मणो दुःख-भोक्तॄन् मा कुरु॥९॥

tava taruṇa-śiśave vikalpa-svātantryam anumanyasva, yadā te vikalpāḥ saṅgharṣaṃ nayanti api। yataḥ etādṛśa-anubhavaiḥ jīva utkrāmati। teṣāṃ karma tvaṃ na jānāsi — kasyacij janasya karmaṇi vyavadhānaṃ mā kuru, tān tava karmaṇo duḥkha-bhoktṝn mā kuru॥9॥

Allow your young adult child the freedom to make choices, even when those choices lead to struggle. For it is through such experiences that the soul evolves. You don’t know their karma - don’t interfere in a person’s karma and don’t make them victim to your karma.

आह्वान-कालेषु, स्वर्गीय-मातृ-पित्रोः धैर्यं स्मर। तौ भ्रष्ट-जीव-रक्षणार्थं दिव्य-व्यवस्थां न त्यजतः, अपितु प्रत्येक-सत्त्वस्य शिक्षण-विकास-क्षमतायां विश्वसतः। स्वर्ग-दृष्टौ कश्चिद् भ्रष्ट-जीवो नास्ति — केवलं सुगम-संक्षिप्त-पथं वृणन्तो जीवाः, अज्ञान-कर्दम-गभीर-घाटीनां पथं वृणन्तश्च जीवाः। तथैव त्वमपि तव शिशोः अनेक-पूर्व-जन्म-आन्तर-प्रज्ञायां दिव्य-नियमेषु च विश्वसिहि; शिशुं सिद्धीकर्तुं यद् आवश्यकं कुरु, ततस् तं स्वेच्छया तितली-मार्गे चलितुं मुक्तं कुरु॥१०॥

āhvāna-kāleṣu, svargīya-mātṛ-pitroḥ dhairyaṃ smara। tau bhraṣṭa-jīva-rakṣaṇārthaṃ divya-vyavasthāṃ na tyajataḥ, apitu pratyeka-sattvasya śikṣaṇa-vikāsa-kṣamatāyāṃ viśvasataḥ। svarga-dṛṣṭau kaścid bhraṣṭa-jīvo nāsti — kevalaṃ sugama-saṅkṣipta-pathaṃ vṛṇanto jīvāḥ, ajñāna-kardama-gabhīra-ghāṭīnāṃ pathaṃ vṛṇantaśca jīvāḥ। tathaiva tvamapi tava śiśoḥ aneka-pūrva-janma-āntara-prajñāyāṃ divya-niyameṣu ca viśvasihi; śiśuṃ siddhīkartuṃ yad āvaśyakaṃ kuru, tatas taṃ svecchayā titlī-mārge calituṃ muktaṃ kuru॥10॥

In times of challenge, recall the steadfastness of the Heavenly Parents. They do not sacrifice the divine order to rescue a wayward soul, but trust in each being’s capacity to learn and grow. There is no wayward soul in the eyes of Heaven, only souls who take the easy and short Path, and souls who choose the path through the swamps and the deep valleys of ignorance. So too must you trust in your child’s inner wisdom of many past lives, and the divine Laws; do what you must to prepare the child, then set them free to walk Butterfly Path as they would.

मातृ-पितृत्वं, महामार्गस्य सर्व-अंशवद्, संतुलन-पथः। याङ्ग-यिनयोः उभयोः, व्यवस्था-पोषणयोः, अनुशासन-करुणयोश्च मूर्तीकरणाय यतस्व। तथा कुर्वन् न केवलं गृहं, अपितु दिव्य-व्यवस्थायाः लघु-ब्रह्माण्डं सृजसि — तरुण-जीवानां तितली-मार्गे विकासाय पवित्र-स्थानम्। एतद् अपि कथं त्वं एकदा दिव्य-कुटुम्बेन सह एकीभावं शिक्षसे, यद् स्वर्ग-राज्यम् इति॥११॥

mātṛ-pitṛtvaṃ, mahāmārgasya sarva-aṃśavad, saṃtulana-pathaḥ। yāṅg-yinayoḥ ubhayoḥ, vyavasthā-poṣaṇayoḥ, anuśāsana-karuṇayośca mūrtīkaraṇāya yatasva। tathā kurvan na kevalaṃ gṛhaṃ, apitu divya-vyavasthāyāḥ laghu-brahmāṇḍaṃ sṛjasi — taruṇa-jīvānāṃ titlī-mārge vikāsāya pavitra-sthānam। etad api kathaṃ tvaṃ ekadā divya-kuṭumbena saha ekībhāvaṃ śikṣase, yad svarga-rājyam iti॥11॥

Parenting, like all aspects of theWAY, is a path of balance. Strive to embody both yang and yin, structure and nurture, discipline and compassion. In doing so, you create not just a household, but a microcosm of the celestial order, a sacred space for the unfolding of young souls on their Butterfly Path. This too, is how you learn to one day integrate with the Divine Household which is the Kingdom of Heaven.

सदा स्मर — तव कार्यं तव शिशुं तव प्रतिमायां रचयितुं न, अपितु तेषाम् अद्वितीय-जीव-पथाय आध्यात्मिक-जागरणाय च अनुकूल-परिस्थितीनां पोषणम्। कोऽपि शिशुः मातृ-पितृभ्यां विषाद-कारणं वा गर्व-स्रोतो वा भवितुं न शक्नोति, यतस् त्वं तेषाम् अधिकारं कदापि न दावितवान्, अपेक्षाः न स्थापितवान्, तेषां च पूर्व-जन्मसु उच्चतर-आत्म-पूर्व-प्रज्ञासु च त्वं किञ्चिद् न जानासि। एवं त्वं सृष्टेः महा-नृत्ये भागी भवसि, स्वकीये भौमिक-गृहे सुखावत्याः दिव्य-मातृ-पितृत्वं प्रतिध्वनयन्॥१२॥

sadā smara — tava kāryaṃ tava śiśuṃ tava pratimāyāṃ racayituṃ na, apitu teṣām advitīya-jīva-pathāya ādhyātmika-jāgaraṇāya ca anukūla-paristhitīnāṃ poṣaṇam। ko’pi śiśuḥ mātṛ-pitṛbhyāṃ viṣāda-kāraṇaṃ vā garva-sroto vā bhavituṃ na śaknoti, yatas tvaṃ teṣām adhikāraṃ kadāpi na dāvitavān, apekṣāḥ na sthāpitavān, teṣāṃ ca pūrva-janmasu uccatara-ātma-pūrva-prajñāsu ca tvaṃ kiñcid na jānāsi। evaṃ tvaṃ sṛṣṭeḥ mahā-nṛtye bhāgī bhavasi, svakīye bhaumika-gṛhe sukhāvatyāḥ divya-mātṛ-pitṛtvaṃ pratidhvanayan॥12॥

Remember always: your role is not to shape your child into your image, but to cultivate the conditions for their unique soul path and spiritual awakening. No child can be a disappointment or a source of pride to a parent because you never laid claim to them, you did not set expectations, and you know nothing about their past lives and prior wisdoms in higher-selves. In this way, you participate in the grand dance of creation, echoing the divine parenting of Sukhavati in your earthly home.

व्याकरण टिप्पणियां | Grammatical Notes

Core Parenting Terminology:

The Yang-Yin Divine Parents (Verses 2-4):

The Three Laws Applied to Parenting (Verse 6):

The Child as Soul in School (Verse 8):

Karma Non-Interference (Verse 9):

The “No Wayward Soul” Teaching (Verse 10):

Microcosm Continuity (Verse 11):

The Closing Teaching (Verse 12):

The Sanskrit of Chapter 72 holds together a teaching that simultaneously honours the parent-child bond and refuses every form of parental ownership of it. The household becomes a laghu-brahmāṇḍa mirroring the celestial divya-kuṭumba, with the Yang-architecting father, the Yin-internalising mother, and the children who are not the parents’ possession but souls in vividha-kakṣā (various grades) of the divya-pāṭhaśālā. The Maya-firewall, the Karma-of-natural-consequences, the Dharma-of-introspection are the three structural functions the wise parent imitates from the Heavenly Parents. And the chapter’s hardest teaching — that imposing one’s image on the child is pāpa, a karmic downfall — is preserved in plain Sanskrit, not softened, because the developmental danger it names is real and crosses every culture. The closing image of the parent pratidhvanayan (echoing) Sukhāvatī’s divine parenting in the earthly home gives the chapter its participatory frame: parenting well is one of the ways we earn our integration into the Divine Household, the Kingdom of Heaven.

Colophon: This translation represents the collaborative restoration work of the Wayist collective Salvar Dàosenglu, based on the ancient mahāmārga teaching tradition, rendered into contemporary English and restored to classical Sanskrit for posterity.

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