THE GOSPEL OF THE HOLY MOTHER
FIRST SERIES
RECORDED BY SARAYUBALA DEVI
UDBODHAN OFFICE, CALCUTTA.
January, 1911
ONE Friday morning Sriman K-came to our
home at Pataldanga in Calcutta and said: "We shall go to Baghbazar
tomorrow afternoon to pay our respects to the Holy Mother. Please be
ready at that time." Well, after all, I shall now have the good fortune
to prostrate myself at the feet of the Holy Mother! Such was my
exuberance of joy that I could hardly sleep during the night. I had
been living in Calcutta for the last fourteen or fifteen years. And
after such a length of time the Mother was gracious enough to afford me
this opportunity to pay my respects to her.
Next day in the afternoon we hired a
carriage, fetched Sumati from the Brahmo Girls School, and set out to
the Holy Mother's house at Baghbazar. I can hardly describe the
eagerness and fervour which I felt at the time of this pilgrimage. I
reached her house at Baghbazar and found her standing at the door of
the shrine room. She was standing with one foot at the door-sill and
the other on the door-mat. There was no veil on her head. Her left arm
was raised high and placed on the door, while the right one was hanging
by the side. The upper part of her body was bare. She had been looking
wistfully as if expecting somebody. As soon as I prostrated myself at
her feet, she asked Sumati about me. Sumati introduced me as her elder
sister. She had been visiting the Holy Mother for some time past. Then
the Mother looked at me and said, "Look here, my child, how much I am
troubled by these people here! My sister-in-law and her daughter,
Radhu, are all down with fever. I do not know who will look after them
and nurse them. Will you wait for a minute? Let me wash my cloth and
come back." We waited and she returned after a few minutes. Then she
offered us two handfuls of some sweets and asked me to share those with
my sister. Sumati had to go back to her school. Therefore we could not
stay for a longer time. We saluted her and took leave of her. The
Mother said, "Come again." This inter-