On account of his bringing up the son and instructing him, the father is the son's foremost of superiors and the highest religion. The very Vedas sanction it as certain that the son should consider what the father says as his highest duty.
गुरुरम्यः परो धर्मः पोषणाध्यापनान्वितः। पिता यदाह धर्मः स वेदेष्वपि सुनिश्चितः॥