26-January-2015 (Monday) Mother As I Saw Her – Swami Saradeshananda
26-January-2015 (Monday)
Mother As I Saw Her – Swami Saradeshananda
Some Pranks of the mad Chhota-Mami – 01
The Chhota-Mami, the mad aunt, cooked for herself, and took her meal in her own room. The paddy field that she had inherited as the share of her property brought her sufficient paddy for her maintenance. A share from the income of the temple of Simhavahini went to her. Besides, she received some contributions as the offerings of disciples from certain families which looked upon her as the representative of their traditional family priest. The total income derived in this way was sufficient to meet the requirements of an orthodox Brahmin widow, whose worldly needs were comparatively few.
[Mother As I Saw Her (Being Reminiscences of Holy Mother Sarada Devi) –
Swami Saradeshananda. Translated by Prof. J. N. Dey. Sri Ramakrishna Math, Mylapore Madras-600004: p 99]
