Sri Anandamayi Ma -
Pranams at the lotus feet of Ma !
Ma took good care of
Bholanathji who was seriously ill with smallpox, she relentlessly served her husband
like a mother, he was shriveling with pain and distress, her magical touch
relieved his pain, her selfless service to Bholanathji brought out immense
satisfaction and relief in him.
Bholanathji shivered with severe chillness, Ma covered his fragile body with the saffron robe. She remembered a conversation
with her husband when Bholanathji was planning to take up Sanyasa, he
admiringly spoke “I have considered you as my Mother, so when I take up
Sanyasa, I want to get the first alms from you.” Ma compassionately asked him ‘Do
you remember the Sankalpa Manthras of Sanyasa?’ he was already uttering the same;
he pronounced the word ‘Ma’ like a child and attained Nirvana. Ma fondly kept her palm on his ‘Bhramarandhri’ which is the passage of vital air, while attaining ‘Mahanirvana’. Thus,
Bholanathji attained the heavenly abode on 7th May 1938, while the
recital of sacred hymns and chants in the Kishanpur Ashram, Dehradun was in
progress. Ma’s response to the demise
of Bholanathji was unique, devotees were guessed Ma would be inconsolable, on
the contrary, there was no sign of grief or remorse on her face, she was serene
as usual, and her response was “Do you cry over a person’s movement from one
room to another in the same house? Death is inevitable in the ocean of worldly
existence, in the globe of immortality there is no death or loss, therefore no
one lost to me.” Do we need any more
explanations to realize the truth about divine personalities? Bholanathji accomplished his major task of
bringing the souls together contemplating upon absolute Bhramam which is the
safest heaven from the miseries and sorrows of worldly existence. In this endeavor Bholanathji was accompanied
by a huge number of pious, ascetic, dedicated people in the spiritual practice
and devotional services; he spread harmony, compassion, selflessness, and
humanity. It reminds me of the golden verses from Srimad
Bhagavad Gita ‘Yadha Yadha Hi Dharmasya
Glanir Bhavathi Bharatha: | Abhyuththanamadharmasya Thadhathmanam Srujamyaham’. The demise of Universal father/Lord Shiva/Bholanathji, divine personified on Earth created a large vacuum in the hearts of devotees.
This divine couple will be always
around us in their subtle forms to protect and comfort us from all the
afflictions, pains, sorrows, miseries, and grief of worldly existence.
