the evening service of Viswanatha, she fell into an ecstatic mood. On the occasion of this visit, she also met the great Sannyasin and scholar of Banaras, Swami Bhaskarananda. Recounting her memories of him, she said in later days, 'I also went to see Bhaskarananda at Banaras, on my way to Brindavan. I was then in a terrible state of mind. It was just after the Master's passing away. When I saw him, Bhaskarananda was totally naked. But that did not produce the least self-consciousness in his mind. The moment he saw me and other women he cried out, "Don't be embarrassed, mothers. I see in you all the Mother of the Universe. Why should you feel shy?" Oh! What a great soul! Completely beyond all worldly ideas! In heat and cold alike, he always remained naked.'
While proceeding towards Brindavan, she had a unique vision of the Master. During his last illness, he had given her his gold amulet (Ishta-Kavacha), which she used to worship and wear on her arm. She was sleeping, in the train, with her arm having the amulet exposed, when the Master appeared to her in a vision and warned her of the danger of losing it. Describing the incident, she said, "While I was going to Brindavan, I saw the Master look at me through the window of the railway carriage and say, 'You have my gold amulet with you. See that you do not lose it."' She got up at once, and put the amulet in the tin box in which she carried the photograph of the Master. Subsequently she handed it over to the Belur Math.
After Ayodhya, her next halting place was Brindavan, the holiest spot on earth according to the