Mother's Love Knows No Language, Nationality, or Species
Title: Mother's Love Knows No Language, Nationality, or Species
Author: Dr. Sahadeva Dasa
Publisher: Soul Science University Press
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Mother's Love Knows No Language, Nationality, or Species (also styled as Mother's Love: Knows No Language, Nationality Or Species) is a short, inspirational book by Dr. Sahadeva Dasa (a devotee author, chartered accountant, and writer in the ISKCON/Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, known for books on animal rights, compassion, vegetarianism, and Krishna consciousness).
The book celebrates the universal, pure, and selfless nature of motherly love, showing that it transcends human boundaries of language, nationality, culture, and even species. It highlights how every mother — from tiny ants and birds to gigantic elephants and other animals — deeply loves and protects her offspring without any expectation of return.
Key elements include:
Heartwarming true stories and documented cases of animal mothers displaying extraordinary devotion, sacrifice, and grief (e.g., mothers dying of heartbreak after losing their young).
Reflections on how this pure maternal affection in the material world serves as a glimpse of higher spiritual love.
Vedic insights (drawing from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s teachings) on compassion toward all living beings, the soul’s eternal nature, and why we should extend kindness and non-violence to all creatures as they too experience love, pain, and attachment just like humans.
Gentle critique of modern society’s disconnection from nature and the suffering caused by exploitation of animals.
The tone is warm, compassionate, and devotional — blending touching real-life anecdotes with spiritual philosophy. It encourages readers to develop greater empathy, respect for all life forms, and appreciation for the divine arrangement of love in creation. The book is concise and easy to read, making it suitable as an introductory or gift book for devotees, animal lovers, parents, or anyone interested in ahimsa (non-violence) and bhakti.
