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12 MA ANANDAMAYEE AMRIT VARTA Vol. 27, No.1, February2023

hundred years. Shree Shree Ma said, “I had seen Baba once in Bandh, saw a
temple with trees on both sides of the road to the temple. The branches of the
trees looked almost like deers. I think the deers are themselves standing in the
form of trees. Worship and service is being performed in the temple very
auspiciously. A very old person is sitting there like a statue. And his tiki (pigtail
of a brahmin pundit) has taken the form of a jataa (matted hair) and it has been
twisted over the head covering the forehead too. Then observed the divine state
of the person; also observed that his health is not good, as if his life light was
flickering off. A lady was serving him. Again gradually his life-light seemed to
flare up. Have never ever seen nor heard of this Baba earlier. But the Baba had
heard of This Body and he also had a desire to meet This Body. Hence for that
reason or for some other reason This Body met Baba. Haribaba knew him well
and while coming to Kolkata from Bandh, he met the Baba and assured him that
he would arrive with This Body soon. But Baba became worried when he learnt
that I do not enter a householder’s home. Howsoever I went along with Haribaba
to Baba’s house. There we found that he lived in the third floor and the stairs
were within the house. While standing outside the house saw that, This Body
like a leaf floating in air, went inside the house and through the stairs stood in
front of him. On asking, learnt that he really had been sick but gradually he has
recovered.”
After sometime Ma continued, “Several times a lot of things are observed
but it is not revealed. Again sometimes a few of these are spoken out. One day,
was lying down in Raipur Ashram. Sitting near me Paramanand was writing letters,
when suddenly words poured out of This Body’s lips, ‘The fire of the agarbathi
has fallen down’. Hearing that, Paramanand questioned, ‘Where is the fire’? But
its answer did not come out of This Body. He continued writing the letters.
Later it was observed that burnt blisters had formed on my hands and stomach.”
Myself: Ma, the aarti had occurred in subtle. The fire also fell down in
subtle, then from where did the blisters come?
Ma: (Smilingly) That too can occur.
Today afternoon a local lady worshipped Ma and offered bhog. She decorated
Ma, with a red scarf and a garland around Ma’s neck and chandan on Ma’s
forehead. Then chanting mantras she performed aarti. While chanting she
seemed to be crying. Ma told her to stand steadily. Then finally asked her
smilingly, “Will you drop the fire of the aarti?” The moment Ma finished asking,
the aarti vessel slipped from her hand and she shyly started wiping her tears. In
the evening Ma was taken to Shri Johari’s house. We too went along with Ma.