16-February-2012 (Thursday) Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
16-February-2012 (Thursday)
Reminiscences of The Holy Mother!!!
SWAMI APURVANANDA - 03
Next morning I took a boat to Baghbazar. After getting off the boat when I finally found my way to Udbodhan, I saw a horse drawn carriage standing at the entrance. It rolled away as soon as I reached there. When I entered Mother’s house, a monk said, “Mother has just left for Balaram Mandir in the carriage. It is not possible to have her darshan now, and as evening hours were meant for women devotees only, it is impossible to obtain her darshan before the next morning.”
My heart sank on hearing this. At this time, a stout, elderly monk returned after bathing in the Ganga. He had a wet towel draped round his waist, a folded wet dhoti on his shoulder and a small pitcher if Ganga-water in his hand. When I was about to touch his feet, he said in a deep voice, “Wait, let me wash my feet.” The first monk informed me that he was Swami Saradananda. As soon as he came to the veranda after washing his feet, I offered pranam and prayed for permission to have Mother’s darshan. I also reported that I had been sent by revered Mahapurush Maharaj. Swami Saradananda too said that Mother’s darshan would not be possible that day but it might be possible next morning.
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others - Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA : P 50-51)
