There is no Shastra superior to the Veda. There is no person more worthy of respect than the mother. There is no acquisition superior to that of virtue, and no penance superior to fast.
नास्ति वेदात् परं शास्त्रं नास्ति मातृसमो गुरुः। न धर्मात् परमो लाभस्तपो नानशनात् परम्॥