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Question: Who are the Seven Mothers?

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva,

According to the Vedic version we have got seven mothers. So can you explain about the seven mothers?

Rubini

Answer: Here's the List of the Seven Mothers

The seven mother are listed in this verse by Canakya Pandita, which was quoted by Srila Prabhupada.

ātma-mātā guroḥ patnī
brāhmaṇī rāja-patnikā
dhenur dhātrī tathā pṛthvī
saptaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ

SYNONYMS
ātma-mātā—one's own mother; guroḥ-patnī—the wife of the guru; brāhmaṇi—the wife of a brāhmaṇa; rāja-patnikā—the wife of a king; dhenuḥ—the cow; dhātrī—the nurse; tathā—thus; pṛthvī—the earth; sapta etā—these seven; mātaraḥ—mothers; smṛtāḥ—should be remembered as.

TRANSLATION
"One's own mother, the wife of the guru, the wife of a brāhmaṇa, the wife of a king, the cow, the nurse, and the earth are known as the seven mothers of a man."
(Cāṇakya Paṇḍita)

Sometimes the argument is made that a man who has a wife cannot be a spiritual master. This foolish argument is defeated by this verse, which directly states the wife of the spiritual master is one of seven mothers. The guru's wife is the second mother in the list mentioned just after the mother from whom one has taken birth.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari