Mother of Universe

Lavanya Chakrabarty recorded in his reminiscences:

In 1912 at Lakhmi Niwas in Varanasi I met a woman with a veil near the main door. Looking at her face, I asked: “Are you the Mother?”

“Yes, my son, I am your mother.”

“My mother!”

“Yes, I am Mother of you all.”

“Our Mother!”

“Yes, my son, I am the Mother of the Universe.”

A devotee asked, “Mother, people call you Bhagawati.”

Holy Mother replied, “It does not matter what others say. I tell you myself that I am Bhagawati.” 

                    - ‘Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play’ by Swami Chetanananda, P594