athithi devo bhava---GUEST IS GOD.

Atithi Devo Bhava

( Treat your guest as God)

 

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This most enchanting words of greeting guests came from Taittiriya Upanishad.

 

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Mathru devo Bhava

(Treat your mother as God )

Pithru devo Bhava

(Treat your father as God )

Acharya devo Bhava

(Treat your Guru as God )

Athithi devo Bhava

(Treat your guest as God )

 

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1-------This scriptual verse means a person should strive to "become a person who considers the Mother as God, the Father as God, the Teacher as God and the guest as God."

 

 

2--------“Tithi” in Sanskrit or even in Hindi language means a (calendrical) date.

 

 

3------------“A-tithi” means who does not have any date.

 

 

4----------“athithi” one who does not have any fixed time of arrival.

 

 

5-------------“Devo” in Sanskrit means God-like and “bhava” means to assume/understand.

 

 

6-----------Atithi Devo Bhava means to pay respect and homage in the similar way one would give to God.

 

 

7-------------This is an extension of Namaste which means, I SALUTE YOU, WHO IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF MYSELF.

This scriptural verse shows slow and steady the development of a child.

First child learn from the mother

Then child learns from the father

Then child learns from Guru

Then child learns from guest …..the whole world.

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