Child Education - Indian Mother

It is going to be 5 o'clock in the evening. Liketime Acharya Dayanand before discussing about
yesterday, today also all the young colleaguesthe other means of attainment and form of God
along with other many children and elder personsin the seventh chapter, discussed various aspects
assembled in the campus of the chief. Today, aof building human beings, sixteen reformations
number of women have also come to listen this(Samanskars), five great yajnas, four classes and
story. Satyapal also came in time and occupied hisfour stages and national religion (Rashtra Dharma)
seat. When all the participants occupied theirorderly up to the sixth chapter.
seats, after completing the adoration of God, onThe age of childhood is the foundation period of
the request of Mohan, Satyapal started thehuman life. Before coming in the womb of his
narration of the story based on the secondmother, and rather before that and in fact, the
Chapter in this manner.preparation is started even earlier. Conception,
Friends and Mothers! You might be remembering,Punsavan and Simantonnayan Samansakaras have
we have described in the yesterday's story thatgreat significance. Giving prominence to parents
the primary goal of human life is attainment ofand teachers in the human building Maha Yajna,
God. Nevertheless, before attainment, HisMaharishi Dayanand started his second chapter
identification is necessary. In the absence ofwith the quotation of Shatpath Brahaman,
identification, without knowing Him properly, based"Matriman Pitriman A'charyavanPurusho Veda".
on His numerous names, we have imagined(Verily, that man alone can become a great
hundreds of Gods, religious books, Guru-mantras,scholar who has had the advantage of three good
sects, Akhadas, Tilaks and false hypocrisies. As ateachers, viz., father, mother and preceptor.)
result, the best human race, the creation of God,Oratorios Mothers and Brothers! It is doubtless
degenerated below the animal beings and leading athat educating the child is the top-most duty of
hellish (miserable) life. Therefore, on the basis ofthe parents and teacher. The education of a child
the Satyarth Prakash we have discussed instarts from the conception samaskar. During the
nutshell that how Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh etc. areconception according to the method of shastra
the numerous names of that same God, whoseand thereafter, the health of the child in the
principal and personal name is 'AUM'.womb and the state of his mother's physique
Hon'ble Mothers and Brothers! With this initialshould be taken care of. At the time of his birth
identification of God, the form of God, the formsamaskar all care should be taken which are
of his devotion and the introduction of duties ofnecessary to secure his health and it is also
man towards Him also become essential toimportant from the point of view of Ayurved.
discuss. But before that it is much essential thatTherefore, in the birth samaskar it is directed to
man must know himself means he shouldlick the child a bit of Ghee and Honey mixed in
recognize the duties to himself, and considering hisappropriate quantity with the help of a thin
own family, neighbors, society, nation and thegolden-road.
whole of the world into himself, to become 'man'When a child begins to speak, mother becomes
in its true sense of word.his first teacher. Thereafter the child should be
Man should become 'man' this is the greatest andtaught about the etiquette, meal, sleep and the
burning question of this age (likewise any age). Ifduties of day to day to be followed, through the
the planning of national development and worldteachings of moral poems, Sanskrit poems,
peace remained fruitless without human buildingmantra, poetry, story and small examples and
and will, then attainment of God will be a dream.historical evidences.
Therefore herald of revolution and visionary of