Chapter (অধ্যায়): RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MASTERPage: 30 of 89
he could be brought down to the normal plane
by the repeated utterance of sacred mantras. After
regaining external consciousness, when Sri Ramakrishna
knew all that had happened, he understood
how the Holy Mother was passing night
after night in sleepless anxiety on his account.
Henceforth he arranged that she should stay at
night with his mother at the Nahabat.
After staying in all for a little more than a year
at Dakshineswar, the Holy Mother returned to
Jayrambati via Kamarpukur in the middle of 1873.
At Jayrambati she again began her usual work
helping the family in manifold household duties.
Within a few months, in March 1874, this
happy family at Jayrambati suffered a great loss:
Ram Chandra Mukhopadhyaya, the father of the
Holy Mother, died leaving the already poor family
virtually stranded. Shyamasundari, the pious
wife of Ram Chandra, was not a soul to be
daunted by any difficulty. With great faith in the
goodness of God she shouldered the responsibility
of the family calmly and bravely. To supplement
the slender resources of the family,
Shyamasundari began to husk paddy for a
neighbouring family. During this hour of crisis
the Holy Mother stood by her mother and was a
source of great strength. She did all that was
possible to relieve her mothers great burden. She
would also take care of her younger brothers and