Vande Mataram: I bow before you, Mother
Murli point of Saturday 3 November 2018
Bharat was the master of the world. It has now become poverty-stricken. Bharat once again becomes the master of the world through you mothers. The majority are mothers and this is why it is said: Salutations to the mothers.
Interpretation
Vande Mataram means “O Mother, I praise you”. This expression takes its origin from a Bengali fiction Anandanath which tells of the struggle for the independence of Bengal, but also of India. It appears in a poem in this book. This poem was sung to demand India's independence from British rule. Later it became the national song of India.
For Indians, this Mother represents Bharat another name for India.
Baba explains to us that in fact Bharat regains all his wealth and his status as master of the world, not simply by driving out the English or the Muslims, but because of us, the true Brahmins. The majority being mothers (women), we are thus remembered through this poem.
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Definitions
वन्दे मातरम् vandē mātaram (sanskrit)
“Long live the mother (motherland)”, patriotic poem by the Bengali Bankim Chandra Chatterji (1875), recited by the children at the start of lessons.