To day's Subhashit.

आदौ माता गुरौ पत्नी ब्राह्मणी राजपत्निका
धेनुर्धात्री तथा प्रथ्वी सप्तैता मातरः स्मृतः

Aadou Maata Guruau Patni Bhramani Raajpatnikaa
Dhenurdhaatri tatha Prathwee saptaitaa Maatrah smrutah .

i.e.     At first one's own mother and afterwards the wife of the Guru, a brahmin lady, a Queen, a cow, a foster mother and the mother Earth, all these seven  are declared by tradition as a Mother.

Aadou = at first.      Mataa = mother.       Guruau = teacher's.     Patni = wife.
Raajpatnikaa = wife of the King or a high official.         Dheni =  a cow.
Dhaatri = a foster mother or a maid servant , who, in absence of a child's mother brings up the child.
Prathwee = the Earth in which we live.          Matarah =  mothers.    Saptaitaa =  these seven.
Smrutah = declared by tradition.   ( The rules of social behaviour handed down by tradition and  by our Religion to be treated as a Law are called 'Smriti..

( In Hindu religion a Mother and Father are given the status of a God -  "मातृ देवो भव्  पितृ देवो भव् " -Matru devo bhava pitru devo bhawa -. So all the above seven are awarded the status of one's own Mother by our Religion and tradition having regard to the services rendered by them to the mankind)