Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Sri Sara Devi:She, who is Sita, she who is Sri Radha, she who is the primordial power Kali…Saraswati…Mahamaya, the giver of liberation



Sri Ma’s room in Dakshineshwar was just 8’ x 6’! It had a small door and no windows. She cooked in a small part of the narrow verandah surrounding it. And in that cramped space she hung her belongings, swept the floor, washed the dishes, served meals, met visitors and cooked for the endless stream of devotees who came to meet Thakur. Each disciple was special:  Chana dal for Swami Vivekananda and moong dal for Swami Brahmananda. Every day she made chapattis out of three seers of atta. Sri Ma went through a period of great hardship after Thakur’s Mahasamadhi.  No one had an inkling of her destitution. Such was her condition that she could not afford to buy salt to season her rice. Her saris were so badly torn that they could not be stitched. She tied the pieces together in such a way that no one could see the joints. She once walked from Burdwan to Kumarpukur because she couldn’t afford to pay for a cart. And yet, she never complained.  She was the very soul of renunciation. Wasn’t she also कुमारजाकुता ‘Kamarajakuta’ the adamantine will of the Divine Mother?


(Pic re shared courtesy: www.vedantasacto.com)

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