One day Nivedita and Christine came to her [Holy Mother]. The former had mastered a few Bengali words with the help of which she said, “Mother Divine, you are our Kali.” Christine also repeated the same idea in English. Hearing them, the Mother said, “No, my dears, I can’t become Kali or any such deity. In that case I shall have to keep my tongue protruded.”When her words were interpreted to Nivedita and Christine, they said, “The Mother need not undergo that trouble; we look upon her as our Mother. And Sri Ramakrishna is our Shiva.” That being explained to the Mother, she tittered and said, “That much can somehow be seen to.” (HMSSD – Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Gambhirananda, p. 487.)
(REMINISCENCES OF Sri Sarada Devi by Monastics, Devotees, and others -
Compiled and Edited in Bengali by SWAMI PURNATMANANDA - Translated by MALOTI SEN GUPTA: P 121-122)
