23-January-2012 (Monday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
23-January-2012 (Monday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
SWAMI SARADESHANANDA-20
There was a child-widow at Jayrambati. Very poor, she earned a living with great difficulty as a labourer. When she had been married, what sort of man her husband had been, when she had been widowed – of all this she had no knowledge. When she grew up, she realized that she was a widow, and as she could not marry again, the pleasures of life were not meant for her. As a carrier of the baggage of the devotees, she was a familiar figure at Mother’s house and Mother was very fond of her. Later, when she grew into the prime of womanhood, as illicit relationship developed between her and a young man. Things came to such a pass that the affair became widely known. The leaders of the society, who had turned a blind eye to the helpless girl’s sufferings all her life and had not cared to educate her properly, now eyed her with strong disapproval. Abuses and insults were heaped on her. When Mother learned of all this, she was both sad and perturbed as regards the girl’s future. But what could she do except pray!
God took pity on the girl. A zamindar, who was Mother’s disciple, intervened and put an end to the social uproar. Mother was greatly relieved. A few days later when the zamindar-son came to pay his respects to her, Mother happily blessed him and said, “Son, now that you have saved that girl, I am at peace. May God bless you!” Who else can express such compassion, such infinite love for even those whom we consider vile and regard with aversion but the Mother of the Universe, “The Eternal Mother” – the mother of the good and the bad alike?
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 35-36)
