Swami Haripremananda, a disciple of Holy Mother, recalled:
Let me tell you of an incident concerning Holy Mother. I don’t remember the date or year, and I don’t feel they are important. Radhu, Holy Mother’s niece, had been suffering from a chronic disease for a long time. As a result, her body was reduced to a skeleton. She did not have strength even to speak. Whenever she tried to speak, only a croaking sound came from her throat. Holy Mother was very compassionate to her. She said to me: “Hari, I shall take Radhu to Bankura. Please come with me. Vaikuntha [Holy Mother’s disciple] lives in Bankura. He is an allopathic doctor, but practises homeopathy. He has a wonderful reputation.”
I said: “Do you mean Vaikuntha Maharaj, Swami Maheswarananda?”
“Yes, yes. You lived in Bankura town. You must know him.”
“Yes, Mother, I know him very well. He is the head of the Bankura centre. He is an excellent homeopath.”
“Yes, you are right. I am talking about him.”
I accompanied Holy Mother and Radhu to Bankura. At that time there were not many rooms at the Bankura centre. There was no accommodation for outsiders, especially women. So a two-room apartment was rented for Radhu’s treatment. Radhu stayed in one room, and Holy Mother and myself in the other.
One evening Doctor Maharaj [Swami Maheswarananda] came and left after seeing Radhu. There was a small stool in our room; Mother was seated on it. On my own, I began to gently massage Mother’s feet. They were wrinkled and dry. Moreover, her body was then lean and thin. While massaging her feet, a question arose in my mind: “Is Mother truly the Mother of the Universe? Could the Divine Mother have such wrinkled feet with visible veins?” Although the question was in my mind, I did not express it. I continued to massage her feet.
Gradually a mysterious change occurred. I felt that her feet were no longer the emaciated feet of an old woman; they were the well-developed feet of a young woman. There was a lantern nearby and in the light I clearly saw two beautiful feet outlined with a stripe of red paint [alta], toes fully developed and close to one another, and exquisite half-crescent toenails. There were also golden anklets adorned with gems and jewels. I wondered whose feet these were that I was massaging!
Astonished and dumbfounded, I slowly shifted my gaze from Mother’s feet to her face. I saw the form of Goddess Jagaddhatri with a golden complexion, three eyes, and four arms, adorned with many ornaments. She wore a crown on her head and held weapons in her hands. A magnificent lustre emanated from her body. Before I saw that form completely, I lost outer consciousness, saying, “Mother, Mother.”
I don’t know how long I stayed in that condition. When I regained consciousness, I found Holy Mother caressing my back with her hand and saying, “O Hari, O Hari, what has happened to you? Get up, get up!” I got up and saw again the old, emaciated Mother looking at her sick niece.
This is our Mother of the Universe—Mother Sarada—the spiritual consort of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna! Victory to the Mother! Victory to the Master!