MY GRAND MOTHER

My grand mother was so beautiful with fair complexion, having extremely thick, black long hair. She was always clothed in traditional, elegant manner. True to herself, “Purity of mind in a wife ensures health and longevity of the husband”. My grand father is now 86 years old.

She was affectionate, friendly, generous and philosophical in all aspects. She believed in truth, had enormous faith in ethics and old traditions. She possessed strong values; her self-discipline, duty and responsibility towards my grand father and her family were amazing. She was grateful and loyal to every individual who was sympathetic to her throughout her life.

My grand mother was never narrow in thinking. Her love was equal to everyone. She was the very first to help her children and grand children. She was always there to serve when there is any need of her service. She was a friendly and gracious, boost to all of us by her spirits, guiding inwardly innocent and naive things with loving tenderness and wisdom. Her humility and individuality, way of communicating, expressing her feelings about everyone contained a positive note. Cheerfully willing to confess her short comings was admirable.

She had great respect and was fascinated by highly educated people. Since She didn’t have any school education. She gradually became adept at self-learning, educating herself by reading epics with the help of a dictionary. She was always open, improving her mind and spiritual knowledge that makes good sense. She felt satisfaction, happiness and pleasure in reading, listening to classical music from radio. She used to sing while cooking; listening to a raga, and subconsciously used to analyze variations in tone.

My grand mother was an ardent devotee of Lord Sri Rama and Hanuman. She used to write and recite the name of Lord Rama throughout her life. She was very spiritual; every morning her prayers to God were like a priest's.

Once when I went to my maternal grand parents’ house in the year 1975 holidays, my grand mother so casually gave me a small book containing of 163 slokas (Neethi Sastram-moral science) to read. It costs about 0.50 paise. Even today this book is still with me, and so precious to carry through out my life. She used to connect everything to good and bad karma of the past, that accumulates and brings happiness and misery. My grand mother has a reputation of having been a spiritually evolved woman, and remained special in everyone’s heart in her family.

The secret of happiness is freedom; free your mind from too many attachments.

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