Yudhishthira said: The mother is weightier than the earth; the father is higher than the sky; the mind is fleeter than the wind; and the thoughts are more numerous than the grass.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच माता गुरुतरा भूमेः खात् पितोच्चतरस्तथा। मनः शीघ्रतरं वाताच्चिन्ता बहुतरी तृणात्॥