Respect your mother-father, mother-in-law and father–in-law, serve them, honor them, then this will have an influence and affect on your children. They too will serve you in old age. But if do not do so, if you will not serve your elders, then the same impressions will be imprinted on the children. Their nature too will be the same. Your body will not remain the same at all times. If you are alive, then your body will certainly become old. At that time, they will not serve you, and then you will say that he does not look after me. He does not listen to me. Now ! have you listened to your elders? How much have you served them? And now you are expecting from them? Therefore behave and conduct yourself well. Now-a-days mothers and fathers expose their children to bad habits. They give tea to young children. The young children these days cannot even drink milk. If a little bit of cream is floating on top of the milk, they shirk. It is a very surprising thing. I remember in childhood that the milk had floating drops on the surface. We can hardly see any stars (drops of clarified butter) in it, now! Nowadays, who can drink "ghee" (clarified butter)! They do not have the courage! They cannot even have cream. They are drinking tea instead. Ram ! Ram ! Ram ! With tea your head is destroyed. You cannot sleep ! Your health is ruined, your eyes are ruined. Medicines do not work, and in return it costs more. This is the state of affairs! Therefore brothers ! Do not do like this. Take care of the cows, protect them. Whatever village you are from, if famine strikes, spend money for the protection of the cows there, then it will be a very good thing. You keep a motor car for polluting, then why can't you keep a cow? You adopt and take care of a dog, then why can't you take care of a cow? O' Dear Lord ! The Lord of Kaliyug ! You have shown us a strange "lila" divine play ! This is the present state of affairs. (to be continued) |