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

Shree Shree Ma Anandamayee
Vol-18 (Bengali)
Gurupriya Devi

(continued from before)
Car accident
16th July 1966. Today Ma was returning back to Dehradun from Kankhal in
Rajaben’s car. Near the Parade ground in Dehradun Ma’s car collided with a
private bus coming from the opposite side going towards Raipur. Ma’s car was
quite big. Ma was sitting in the centre of the back seat. Two girls were sitting on
Ma’s right, Udas (with Narayan-shilâ hanging from her neck) and Rama
(Shakti’s sister). And Gouri (another sister of Shakti) was sitting on the left.
While the car was taking a turn the bus from the opposite side caressed the left
side of the car and finally collided with the back of the car. The instant the bus
was seen rushing towards the car, Ma’s left Hand straightened out on to the left.
Later Ma had said, “This act was done to stop the bus in order to prevent anyone
in the car or bus to lose their lives at this place. And what an astonishment, how
this small Hand of this Small Body had the feeling of stopping this speeding big
bus. And astonishingly, the hand also lifted up automatically”. So saying Ma
laughed. Ma was explaining in such a manner as if Ma and Ma’s action were
poles apart. I have been observing this all the time. As if Ma is a witness and
observer to everything. As if, not being within anything, even though being
involved in everything.
The driver of Ma’s car also had a sudden thought at that moment, ‘Even
though the collision cannot be avoided, turn the car sideways so that the collision
may occur at the back of the car’. And instantly he turned the car to the right.
After being hit by the bus the car jolted and wobbling climbed over a pile of
stones (kept there for repairing the road) and came to a stop. And after that a
straight cut from the bottom of the thumb to the center of the index finger was
observed in Ma’s left Hand. It seemed as if a clean cut had been made by a sharp
knife. A small portion of the bone of the finger was also visible, though there
wasn’t any bruise on the bone or Hand. Apparently there wasn’t any object within
the car that could have made that cut in Ma’s Hand. A search was also done
within the car but nothing could be found. Earlier just after the accident, with a

fisted left Hand, Ma had asked the girls, “Has anyone of you got hurt?” In the