Father's Day Sanskrit Shloka! Quote from Mahabharata and Neeti Shastra

ReSanskrit wishes you a very Happy Father’s day. Let your father know that you care, appreciate and reciprocate the efforts he has put in for you all these years.

पिता स्वर्गः पिता धर्मः पिता परमकं तपः ।
पितरि प्रीतिमापन्ने सर्वाः प्रीयन्ति देवताः ॥

Transliteration:
pitā svargaḥ pitā dharmaḥ pitā paramakaṃ tapaḥ ।
pitari prītimāpanne sarvāḥ prīyanti devatāḥ ॥

Hindi translation:
मेरे पिता मेरे स्वर्ग हैं, मेरे पिता मेरे धर्म हैं, वे मेरे जीवन की परम तपस्या हैं।
जब वे खुश होते हैं, तब सभी देवता खुश होते हैं !

English translation:
My Father is my heaven, my father is my dharma, he is the ultimate penance of my life. If he is happy, all deities are pleased.

Source: Mahabharata Shanti Parva 258.20

This Sanskrit shloka on father from Neeti Shastra depicts the five qualities of a father. The times we live in, you will always find these five and even more qualities in your father.

Father's Day Sanskrit Shlok from Neeti Shastra

जनकश्चोपनेता च यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति।
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पश्चैते पितरः स्मृताः॥

Transliteration:
janakaścopanetā ca yaśca vidyāṃ prayacchati।
annadātā bhayatrātā paścaite pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ॥

Hindi translation:
जन्मदाता, उपनयन संस्कारकर्ता, विद्या प्रदान करने वाला,
अन्नदाता और भय से रक्षा करने वाला – ये पांच व्यक्ति को पिता कहा गया है।

English translation:
One who gives birth, one who initiates, one who imparts knowledge, one who provides food and protects from fear – these five are considered as fathers.

Source: Neeti Shastra 80