Passage 14

In English

, the new daughter-in-law took the wick from her house and went to ’s house to light the lamp. From the afternoon, she was anxiously waiting for the time to come when she could go and see the place where lived. In her mind, there were only sacred thoughts. In , such divine thoughts were unwavering. She reached ’s house with such thoughts. She went into the veranda and tried to light her lamp. She was looking at the interior of the house in the hope that she would see . In fact all her thoughts were focused on . When she was immersed in such thoughts, the flame spread to her hand but she knew nothing of it. She instantly saw ’s form in the lamp. She forgot all about herself when she was looking at ’s form. She became ecstatic and lost herself. , the mother, saw this from inside and quickly dragged ’s hand from the flames and scolded her by saying that she should not forget herself in that manner. Although she was being scolded, ’s attention was directed only towards the lamp and ’s form. Although was dragging away, she was going towards the lamp. realised this situation and understood that was granting his divine vision to . She quickly came to the market place and asked several to come and see having ’s . All the came running and saw this scene. For a moment, they forgot their own selves and sang ecstatically, “To our , has given his and she lost herself in watching his form. She even burnt her own hand.” ’s concentration was the cause for this of the Lord.