While Ma was staying at Siddheshwari, she had instructed me thus : “For a few days come & meet me only once a day & then go away. Do not remainhere.” On reaching there the next day I found that Ma had received a letter from Bholanth who was at Tarapeeth. The letter had been brought by Surendra Nath Mukhopadhyaya. As per Ma’s orders, I met her & came away while the rest of the people remained sittined sitting near Ma. Ma had come out of her room by noon. When Father returned home at night Icame to know that Bholanath had written to Ma to came to know Bholanath had written to Ma to come to Tarapeeth & had sent Surendre Nath Mukhopadhyaya only to escort her. Ma was leaving the very next day. Since she had for- bidden me to meet her more than once daily, I realised that even if I were to go to her again that day I would not get darshan. Hence I spent the night somehow or other & early next mo- nring, Father & I went to Siddheshwari. Jyotish Dada was already there. Ma came out of the temple. After a little while she again went inside the room where I followed her & began to weep bitterly. Ma consoled me, but she was going away, so words of consolation had no eff-ect on me. Meanwhile Father & Joytish Dada were making arrangements for Ma’s journey. The luggage was meagre. After Bholanath’s departure, Ma had made a small bedding with a couple of old, tattered blankets without a pillow or anything else. Even earlier, Ma had haed- ly ever used a pillow, but it was kept with her bedding. Soon it was time for Ma’s departure. I fed Ma with great difficulty & then returued to the sm-all room & cried. Ma came & sat by me, saying, “If Iwrite to you ‘come,’ only then should you come.” Ma went to the Kali tample & caressed the image as if she were taking leave of Kali. No one else was present, only I saw Ma do this. Ma had already been to Navadveep once, & had met a mauni sadhu (renunciate who observes a vow of silence). No one was allowed to enter the sadhu’s room, & he had to be viewed only from a distance. Bholanath, Charu Babu & several others belived that it was not a human being at all but a statue from Kriahnangar, which was being called a man in order to make money. At Girin Mitra’s house, the topic of this sudhu came up during conversation. Ma said she eanted to go & see the sadhu omce aggin. So Girin Dada, his widowed sister-in-law & Jiten Dada took Ma to Navadveep. Ma stayed at the mauni sadhu’s Ashram for a few days. When she expressed her desire to stay on further, Girin Dada left his sister-in-law with Ma, & returned to Calcutta with Jiten Dada.At that time, Ma’s daily diet consisted ofbtwo or three rotis with a little boiled diet consisted of two or three rotis with a little boiled vegetable. Girin Dada’s sister-in-law prepared this for Ma & ate some of it herself