Holy Mother insisted that her devotees pay respects to the monks.
In 1919 when she was staying with Radhu at Koalpara Ashrama, Brahmachari Barada was preparing the shopping list according to Holy Mother’s instructions. At that time a woman devotee happened to pass that way, and her cloth inadvertently touched Barada’s back. Although he did not notice it, the Mother did. Irritated, she said to the woman devotee: “Hello, don’t you see this young boy is sitting in front of me and writing? Are you not aware that your cloth has brushed over his back? He is a brahmachari and you are a woman. You should pay respect to the monks. Touch the upper corner of your cloth on the ground and bow down to him.”
The Mother spoke in such a serious tone that it became a lesson for the other women.
- ‘Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play’
by Swami Chetanananda, P411-12
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