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I've taken up this blog in fear and trembling. Writing about Sri Ma Sarada Devi is a case of the foolish rushing in where angels fear to tread. I hope sincerely that her great mother heart will forgive my myopic vision and many lapses. Outwardly, she seemed so ordinary, but that was just a way to hide her divine nature. She was not just wife and mother but also nun and Guru. Her birth was preordained. Her mother Shyam Sundari Devi visited a temple in another village before her birth. She suddenly had an amazing vision: A small girl dressed in a sari with a red border jumped from a tree nearby and hugged her. ”I’m coming to your house!” she said. Shyamsundari Devi lost consciousness and had to be carried home. After some time she gave birth to little Sarada. When Sri Ma was just two years old, her uncle took her to a neighboring village to attend a festival. As luck would have it, Thakur (Sri Ramakrishna) was also present. The uncle, as a jest, asked little Sarada who among the men there she would marry. She stretched out both arms and pointed out to Sri Ramakrishna! She was married to him when she was just five years old. He was twenty three at that time and engaged in intense sadhana.
Ref: Sri Sarada Devi: The Great Wonder, by Apostles, Monks, Savants, Scholars, Devotees
Artist: Swami Tadatmananda
Pic re shared courtesy: www.vedanta-atlanta.org
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