यन्मातापितरौ वृत्तं तनये कुरुतः सदा। न सुप्रतिकरं तत् तु मात्रा पित्रा च यत्कृतम्॥ यथाशक्तिप्रदानेन स्वापनोच्छादनेन च। नित्यं च प्रियवादेन तथा संवर्धनेन च॥
yanmātāpitarau vṛttaṃ tanaye kurutaḥ sadā| na supratikaraṃ tat tu mātrā pitrā ca yatkṛtam|| yathāśaktipradānena svāpanocchādanena ca| nityaṃ ca priyavādena tathā saṃvardhanena ca||
English Meaning
What his father and mother always do in behalf of their son, and what they effect by way of provision and sleep and clothing and constant sweet speech, and sport, is difficult of being repaid.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)