Manindra: Yes, Mother. As Satu did not go to the marriage festival, his parents. . . . . .
Mother: Yes, they are sorry. That is natural. But how can a monk participate in a marriage ceremony? He will go there at some other time. It will be nice if Prabhakar's son turns out to be good. The Master used to say, "Everything in the world is jugglery. Though a jugglery, it is unfortunate that men are not aware of it."
In the afternoon of the 16th of Ashada (June-July) Manindra, Prabhakar, and Prabodh Babu of Shyambazar (Fului Shyambazar) came to see the Mother. As soon as Prabhakar saluted her, she asked, "Is your son all right? I heard that he was ill."
Prabhakar: He is all right.
Mother: When did you arrive here? Have you - taken your lunch?
Prabhakar: Yes.
Manindra and Prabodh Babu wanted to get their daughters admitted into the Nivedita School. Prabodh Babu raised the topic, asking for the Mother's approval.
Mother: That's right. Write to Sarat.
Prabodh Babu : We have written to him already.
A woman devotee: Will they be able to stay there? They are too young.
Mother: Certainly they will. Girls of six or seven from East Bengal live there. They don't like to leave their hostel even when their parents come.
Prabodh Babu: I went to see the conditions in my native village today. The sufferings of the people are terrible. Men and women don't have even clothes to wear-they couldn't present themselves before us. Thatching can hardly be found on their house-tops.
Mother: Have you (i.e. the Panchayat Board of which he was the President) distributed rice to those people?
Prabodh Babu: It was distributed yesterday.
Mother: Do you distribute clothes?
Prabodh Babu: We distribute clothes selectively. Mother, I hear that you had seen in a dream a woman standing with a pitcher and a broomstick.
Mother: Yes, I saw a woman standing with a pitcher and a broomstick in her hands. I asked her, "Who are you?" She, said, "I shall sweep off everything." Then I asked, "What will