Chapter (অধ্যায়): FAITH AND INNOCENCEPage: 32 of 89
In April 1874, the Holy Mother came to
Dakshineswar again. During this second stay she
fell ill of dysentery and suffered terribly. Through
the devoted services of Shambhu Mallick and the
medical care arranged by him she recovered sufficiently
to go to her village home in September
1875. There again she had a severe relapse, so
much so that her life was despaired of. She could
hardly walk and her body was reduced to a skeleton.
She was frightened at seeing her own
reflection in the watersuch mere skin and bone
she had become. When the news reached
Dakshineswar, Sri Ramakrishna himself was
anxious and remarked to Hriday, his nephew,
Coming to earth, will she leave it without having
realized the goal of life?
As all human remedies failed, in great desperation
one night she went with the help of her
brother Umesh to the village temple of the Divine
Mother, called Simhavahini, where she lay down
vow to fast till the goddess cured her. As she lay
there, she saw the vision of Simhavahini who