Life of Sri Maa - 23

February 14, 2002

Holy Mother adored Jayrambati. She often said, " Janani Janmabhoomi

cha swargaadapi gariyasi " -- " Mother and Motherland are greater than even

heaven " . Here she moved freely among the simple villagers whom she had

known from her birth. She also felt the need of looking after her brothers.

At Jayrambati, the chores of the household kept her busy. Her three brothers,

always quarelling over mundane matters, disturbed her very often. She lived

with her nephews and nieces. In fine, Holy Mother lived the life of a

householder. Few realised her total non-attachment to the world and her

relatives. Even Yogin-ma, one of her intimate companions, had some doubts.

But she was reassured by a vision of Sri Ramakrishna, who told her that

Holy Mother was as pure as the Ganga and that nothing could pollute her.

Constant friction raged between her three brothers. Each tried to

obtain their sister's favour for purely selfish purposes. One morning

Holy Mother was seated on the porch of her house when suddenly Kalikumar

and Barada began to quarrel about a fence put up by Kalikumar. Soon they

were about to come to blows. Their sister tried her utmost to calm them

down, blaming both for the quarrel. After a while some of her disciples

intervened and persuaded the brothers to stop arguing. Still abusing each

other they went away. In an excited mood Holy Mother entered her own house.

All on a sudden she burst out into laughter and said: `What an illusion

Mahamaya has conjured up ! Here is this infinite world, and what one claims

as his possession will be left behind at death. Still men cannot understand

this simple truth.'

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Extracts from the book : Sri Sarada Devi (A biography in pictures)

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