???? (pitaa)
Meaning: noun: Father.
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jaisaa baalak bhaai subhaaee ��lakh apraadh kamaavai.
kar updes jhi?ke bahu bhaatee ��bahu? pitaa gal laavai.�
A child innocently makes numerous mistakes but a father teaches and scolds him in many ways and then hugs him in his embrace lovingly. -Guru Arjun Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, 624
Message: As we grow up, we learn from the many errors that we make. The lessons learnt from the way our fathers dealt with our errors are the most influential ones. The father�s love is a symbol of the love of our Divine Father for us on this earth. We need to appreciate that despite our mistakes, the warmth and security of a father�s embrace is the most soothing support we can achieve. A father�s anger is the true guidance for our moral compass.
While being grateful to our fathers, if we also remember the Divine Father, and follow His guidance and path, we get a sense of security that He is always around in our learning journey, watching, observing, caring and correcting in the best way possible.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father�s protection. -Sigmund Freud
Father! � to God himself we cannot give a holier name. -William Wordsworth
Etymology: From Sanskrit pitr ?�Pali pitaa�(father). Comparable to Persian pidar (father), English father, Latin pater (-paternal), Greece patro (-patronymic), ultimately from Indo-European pater.
