07-02-2019, 08:20 AM
With an enigmatic mind, I slowly approached the guest room of the ashram. Rajkamal went off from my room minutes ago arranging his oils, etc. in his bag. I was trying to speculate who could have come here to meet me, but tried in vain, as I could not figure out anyone living near this place. I entered the room and was very surprised to see mama-ji!
Me: Mama-ji! You! Here?
Mama-ji: Yes Bahurani.
Mama-ji was my mother-in-law's brother. He was 50+ in age and remained unmarried throughout his life. Though he came in our marriage and participated actively, I have not seen him in recent times coming to our place. How could he know that I am here!
Mama-ji: Actually this place is not far away from my residence. It's an hour's drive from there and when your mother-in-law called me up, I assured her that I would certainly pay a visit to you.
Now I understood the whole story. I went forward to him and bent forward to touch his feet as a gesture of pranam. He held me by my arms and put his hand on my head as a sign of ashirwad.
Mama-ji: So how are things here Bahurani?
Me: I have already taken diskha Mama-ji.
Mama-ji: Wah! Good. I hope with Guru-ji’s blessings you get your much-awaited reward soon.
I could understand he was referring about my pregnancy. He smiled and as I looked at his face my heart started to beat faster. I was now wondering how much Mama-ji knew about this place. Does he know what goes on here or about the treatment processes? How did he know about Guru-ji? I smiled back and tried my best to look normal and hide my concerns, but was rather getting curious to know what Mama-ji knows about this ashram.
Me: Mama-ji, how did you locate the ashram? Do you know this place?
Mama-ji was still holding to my arm and I was standing pretty close to him and after listening to what Mama-ji replied I almost felt a tremor throughout my body.
Mama-ji: In fact I came here a couple of years ago. I have heard of Guru-ji long back, but never actually believed in these things. At that time my maid was having some problems and she told me to take her to this place. This is probably the third or fourth time I am coming here.
Me: O I see.
I tried to maintain my composure, but I could feel my hands and feet getting cold listening to Mama-ji. I tried to inquire more.
Me: What problem was your maid having?
Mama-ji: Bahurani, you know these lower class people, they have all the nasty problems. Actually my maid's husband was having an affair with another girl to the extent of physical relation. My maid wanted him to get back on track.
Me: Was it solved?
Mama-ji: Yes Bahurani, but that's a long story.
At that moment, Nirmal entered the room with a glass of orange juice and sweets. We sat on the sofa now and Mama-ji had the juice and the sweets.
Mama-ji: By the way, your mother-in-law told me to ask if you need anything. I can bring that from the market.
Me: No, no Mama-ji. I have everything here.
We were sitting on the sofa and now that Nirmal was away with the plate and glass, we were alone again there in that room.
Mama-ji: Bahurani, I last saw you when I visited your place for Pushpa’s marriage. Right?
I was getting relived slowly from my tensed condition seeing Mama-ji’s normal conversations. I hoped that he did not know anything about the treatment process of Guru-ji.
Me: Yes Mama-ji, you are right. You have a good memory. Still its two years since I guess.
Mama-ji: Hmm More than two years. But good to see that your mother-in-law is taking good care of you.
Me: Mama-ji! You! Here?
Mama-ji: Yes Bahurani.
Mama-ji was my mother-in-law's brother. He was 50+ in age and remained unmarried throughout his life. Though he came in our marriage and participated actively, I have not seen him in recent times coming to our place. How could he know that I am here!
Mama-ji: Actually this place is not far away from my residence. It's an hour's drive from there and when your mother-in-law called me up, I assured her that I would certainly pay a visit to you.
Now I understood the whole story. I went forward to him and bent forward to touch his feet as a gesture of pranam. He held me by my arms and put his hand on my head as a sign of ashirwad.
Mama-ji: So how are things here Bahurani?
Me: I have already taken diskha Mama-ji.
Mama-ji: Wah! Good. I hope with Guru-ji’s blessings you get your much-awaited reward soon.
I could understand he was referring about my pregnancy. He smiled and as I looked at his face my heart started to beat faster. I was now wondering how much Mama-ji knew about this place. Does he know what goes on here or about the treatment processes? How did he know about Guru-ji? I smiled back and tried my best to look normal and hide my concerns, but was rather getting curious to know what Mama-ji knows about this ashram.
Me: Mama-ji, how did you locate the ashram? Do you know this place?
Mama-ji was still holding to my arm and I was standing pretty close to him and after listening to what Mama-ji replied I almost felt a tremor throughout my body.
Mama-ji: In fact I came here a couple of years ago. I have heard of Guru-ji long back, but never actually believed in these things. At that time my maid was having some problems and she told me to take her to this place. This is probably the third or fourth time I am coming here.
Me: O I see.
I tried to maintain my composure, but I could feel my hands and feet getting cold listening to Mama-ji. I tried to inquire more.
Me: What problem was your maid having?
Mama-ji: Bahurani, you know these lower class people, they have all the nasty problems. Actually my maid's husband was having an affair with another girl to the extent of physical relation. My maid wanted him to get back on track.
Me: Was it solved?
Mama-ji: Yes Bahurani, but that's a long story.
At that moment, Nirmal entered the room with a glass of orange juice and sweets. We sat on the sofa now and Mama-ji had the juice and the sweets.
Mama-ji: By the way, your mother-in-law told me to ask if you need anything. I can bring that from the market.
Me: No, no Mama-ji. I have everything here.
We were sitting on the sofa and now that Nirmal was away with the plate and glass, we were alone again there in that room.
Mama-ji: Bahurani, I last saw you when I visited your place for Pushpa’s marriage. Right?
I was getting relived slowly from my tensed condition seeing Mama-ji’s normal conversations. I hoped that he did not know anything about the treatment process of Guru-ji.
Me: Yes Mama-ji, you are right. You have a good memory. Still its two years since I guess.
Mama-ji: Hmm More than two years. But good to see that your mother-in-law is taking good care of you.
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