Dr Radhkrishnan
cites a beautiful passage in his article on Sri Ma: “You open the ‘Gita-
Govinda’ – you find there, when the sky is overcast with clouds, when the path
ahead of you is strewn with Tamala trees, when it is night time, when you don’t
know in what direction to turn, you place yourself in the hands of a loving
woman. In such a situation, up above darkness, ahead of you darkness – night
time – I don’t know in which direction to turn “राधे गृहं प्रापय,’ ‘May you Radha, lead me home.’ (p.226) Sri Ma was the polestar for thousands
of her devotees. She was ‘Vagbhavakuta,’ Saraswati. For Swami Vivekananda and
his gurubhais, her word was law. Here is an instance: A plague broke out in
Calcutta and ravaged the city. Swamiji had received funds to set up Belur. He
wanted to sell the land on which the monastery was to be built and use the money
for plague relief. Sri Ma stopped him. She took a long term view. There would
be many disasters and calamities in the future. Once the monastery was set up,
the sadhus would have the means to serve millions, not just a few hundred
plague victims.
Heading:
Swami Budhananda, Sri Sarada Devi: The Great Wonder, p.439
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