Jaganmata Sharada
Jaganmata Sharada
Jaganmata Sharada is the devoted wife of
Param Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj called lovingly Vahni by
disciples. She is the mother of Shreekantji Maharaj. All along, the
devotees had discovered in her the true mother -caring, comforting,
tenderly affectionate, merciful. A warmth full of true love always
flowed from her person soothing the hearts of her children.
Fulfilling the role of a devoted wife, Mother Sharada shared a major
responsibility in her husbands mission - "You look after the
spiritual upliftment of the devotees and I will take care of their
worldly affairs." was her role. Feeding the people with affectionate
insistence was her most favorite indulgence. She was running the
households of many poor and needy families by taking care of their
monetary needs.
She did this with remarkable ease. Her house hold or her world was
not encompassed in the precincts of the four walls and around her
husband, daughter and son but it was beyond all that. In her person
one could see at any time the perfect image of purity, sanctity,
auspice and affection. Her life was a living example portraying the
ideal image of a disciplined, dutiful woman. She conducted her life
very faithfully in the observance of various religious austerities,
fasting, and religious festivals.
Living as a shadow of her glorious husband she did not let her own
divine qualities surface. She kept them under cover as if wishing
that the devotees and disciples should concentrate all their
energies only at the holy feet of Paramsadguru. She did not want to
share any of it, neither desired to get even some diverted towards
her. She conducted herself as a good tempered, benevolent woman. At
the end, however, inborn divinity surfaced. The Mother terminated
her sojourn at the lotus feet of her divine husband, Paramsadguru.
This angel of love, mercy and affection known as Jaganmata Sharada
attained the supreme divinity she had eluded so far.
