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

Reminiscence of my proximity with Ma

Brahmacharini Bishuddha
(continued from before)
The young boy who had arrived in the hill with the dry ksheer for Ma and
Bhaiji has been observed quite a few times during Shree Shree Ma’s lila.
I remember very well the first Sanyam Saptah which was being held in Kashi
Ashram. On this occasion the morning (8am-9am) dhyân (meditation) was being
held in Ma’s presence in the basement Hall (later, this had fallen into the Ganga)
on the bank of the River Ganga. Just after the hour-long meditation, while Ma
was still in a meditative pose, this melodious and enchanting poem emanated
from Ma’s lips and filled the whole pin-drop silent Hall. The words were:
He Pitah, He Hitah, He BrahmaBhutam. He Pitah, He Hitah, He BrahmaBhutam.
He Pitah, He Hitah, He Brahmatattwam. He Pitah, He Hitah, He Brahmatattwam.
He Pitah, He Hitah, He BrahmaSwarupam.
Later Ma informed that just after the dhyân, Ma saw – a young boy ardently
singing these lines. Ma then said, “Everytime after the Samyam Dhyân you all
should sing these lines.” On Ma’s instructions initially Bibhu’da alone sang these
lines. After Bibhu’da fell ill, Ma gave permission to Pushpa’di, Chhobi’di, Kantiji
and myself to sing these lines. Now the Kanyapeeth girls also sing these lines.
Ma has strictly forbidden everyone to sing these lines on any festival or occasion
other than Samyam Saptah.
Being the first Sanyam Saptah, Ma informed the rules and regulations and
the meals for the grade -1 and grade-2 participants. And also instructed Dadabhai,
“Since the Kanyapeeth girls follow self-restraint through-out the year, they will
not have to follow the rules of this Sanyam Saptah. These few days they can
have the prasâd from the bhog offered to Ma, Annapurna and Gopal.” So for
these seven days we the Kanyapeeth girls had daily bhandârâ (delicious meals).
We only participated in the meditation, kirtan-paath and satsang. However
few senior girls participated in the restrained meals.
Ma again arrived in Kashi for the Jhulan Utsav. As usual we installed a
swing in the Kanyapeeth hall, decorated it beautifully, asked Ma to sit on the
swing and were busy with the scheduled rituals and the daily routine work. One
such evening we heard that an Idol of Gopal (baby-Krishna) has arrived near
Ma and Ma was calling us. We rushed to the courtyard of the Chandi-mandap