Disciple: Why! Don't I belong to your household?
Mother: Yes, that's right. You are my own son.
Saying this, the Mother continued, speaking to my wife, "Yes, dear, all are my children, no doubt. But some of them are specially related. He bears a special relationship with me. Don't you see how he frequents this place? He is close to me."
Then the Mother gave us Prasada and betel leaf. Touching my chin endearingly, she said, "You need have no fear hereafter. Feel quite at ease. This is your last birth."
Disciple: Certainly, your grace makes everything easy.
My wife brought for the Mother an
asana1which she herself had made. It pleased her very much. Showing it to everyone, she said, "Ah! Look at it. What a beautiful a
sana my daughter has made." Even a trifling thing from a devotee used to gladden her so much!
Another time I proceeded for Jayrambati in the company of four devotees. We left the monastery at Koalpara early enough to arrive at the house of the Holy Mother before sunset. But we were delayed. Though we had with us a local porter, and though I too was familiar with the place, we took a wrong road when we were close to the Mother's house. We found it difficult to ascertain the road leading to our destination. The local porter too got confused and could not help us. Dusk passed into night and the surroundings were scarcely visible. My companions got bewildered. Finding no other alternative, I spread a blanket in a bamboo grove and sat down. I was overcome with the thought, "Mother, how is it that we alone should search for you, and you yourself should do nothing whatsoever?" Soon after, we noticed Rashbehari-Dada
2and Hemendra
3coming, with a lantern in hand. We were amazed at their appearance at such an odd hour. They explained, "We had no plan to come by this road. But luckily we just happened to take this route!"
When we met the Mother and saluted her, she asked, "Well, sons, you have wandered a lot, haven't you?"
Disciple: Yes, Mother, we took a wrong road.
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1 A small carpet on which one person can sit.
2 Swami Arupananda, an attendant of the Holy Mother.
3 Brahmachari Hemendra was another attendant.