Sri Ma went
back to her parents after marriage as was the custom. Years passed. Thakur was
so deeply immersed in sadhana that he had all but forgotten his wife. Stories
of this ‘pagla Brahman’ reached Jayrambati. Sri Ma heard the gossip and was
upset. When she was eighteen, she decided to go to Dakshineshwar with her
father and see for herself. Thakur received her with affection. He asked her if
she had come ‘to drag him down to the world.’ Her reply was that all she wanted
was to serve him and help him in his mission. On the new moon night in May
1872, Thakur worshiped Sri Ma as Shodashi, the Mother of the Universe. He
uttered the tantric prayer: “O Divine Mother, the Eternal Virgin, the mistress
of all power and the abode of all beauty, deign to unlock for me the gate to
perfection.” (p.418) He offered to the Deity manifest as Sri Ma, the fruits of
all his austerities, his mala, his self and everything he possessed. Both the
worshiper and the worshiped went into deep Samadhi.
Source:Sri Sarada Devi: The Great Wonder, by Apostles, Monks,
Savants, Scholars, Devotees
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