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Vol. 27, No.1, February 2023 MA ANANDAMAYEE AMRIT VARTA 5

Puran’s mother. After the paath, Ma proceeded to inspect Puran’s health;
Haribaba also followed Ma.
25th Jaisth 1356, Wednesday (8-6-1949). Today morning after Haribaba’s
paath, Ma mentioning about Puran’s health said, “Yesterday was a terrible day
for Puran. Yesterday when This Body went to the house where Puran lived, found
the whole house in a gloom.” The lady of the house was also sitting with us. She
mentioned, “Ma, from afternoon itself I could feel the melancholy in the house.
Hence I had rushed to you yesterday in the afternoon.” Ma continued, “The
patient is in a very bad state. His body is lying on the bed like a log. The eyes are
not blinking. Saliva is dripping from the mouth. The symptoms are truly dreadful.
Yesterday four periods, afternoon, dusk, midnight and today dawn were truly
miserable. Khukuni Didi informed, “After visiting Puran, Ma did not show any
signs of lying down till three in the night.”
The Janaiv ceremony of the children of Pandeyji and Parshuramji concluded
today after a small yagna. The new white skinned and bald headed brahmacharis
(who received Janaiv) looked devout and lively while they went round the
yagna-kund in saffron clothes, a cloth bag hanging from their left shoulders
and a dandi (pole) in their right hands. Pandeyji had also dressed up in an odd
manner for this Janaiv ceremony. Later learnt that this Janaiv is a an important
function during the marriage ceremony of Pandeyji’s family. Hence Pandeyji’s
wife had organised a dance program the previous night, in which she danced
too. Shree Shree Ma and several ladies had attended this program. Since
Parshuram was taking initiation of the Janaiv at this old age, Ma had instructed
Khukuni Didi to give the Janaiv mantra or the Gayatri mantra in his ear.
At around two in the afternoon Ma along with an entourage visited the New
Forest. I did not join the group as Manorajan (Sarkar) Dada was not interested
to go. Sundarlal Punditji arrived in the Ashram a bit late and hence he too could
not go with Ma and this depressed him. Ma returned at around nine in the night.
After dinner Ma joked in various manner with Punditji in order to remove
his annoyance. First Ma covering Her face with Her hands walked in front of
Punditji saying, “How can I show My face to Punditiji?” After that Ma started
talking with him in such a tone and voice that Punditji could not prevent from
laughing. Observing Ma’s such funny tactics the spectators around also started
laughing. Joking with Punditji in this manner, Ma narrated a story:-
Ma: Once two intimate friends, a prince and his Minster’s son left home for
a tour of the country. After roaming several places, they one day arrived at a
marketplace. There in a potter’s shop they saw four pitchers, with different
sermons written on each of them. The sermons were: (1) ‘Keep doing your