Ever blessed Srimati Ishwar Devi Gupta,

Devi, your Hindi translation of Sri Ma Darshan, being your holy offering in your devotions, is not only most beautiful, simple and artistic; it is equally lucid, expressive and true to the original.

The work of translation is a dull affair, but because of your identification with the subject matter of the book, your translation has come out so lively and pleasing.

It was indeed a difficult task to translate into Hindi this book on ‘Vedanta in daily life,’ in your sickly state of health, after learning the Bengali language.

The main subject of Sri Ma Darshan is to show how to live the divine life, as described in the Vedas, in this world of happiness and sorrow.

In the modern materialistic age, the times of Sri
Ramakrishna, the avatara of the age and the image of the Vedas, Professor M. brought the Vedanta of the forest to the homes of the householders and relived it in his own life in the 19th and 20th centuries, exactly as it was practised in the forests in the age of the Vedas, in the lives of the rishis.

Sri Ma Darshan is a living narrative of the life of maharishi M. Besides, it is an interesting, living annotated commentary and dialogue on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita, the authentic text written by Sri M. which narrates the lila of Sri Ramakrishna in this age of science.

By making a loving present of this great text to the Hindi knowing devotees, you have started a great jnana-yajna (sacrificial rite of spiritual knowledge).

Devi, seeing this great effort on your part, it spontaneously comes to my mind that Bhagavan Sri Sri Ramakrishna has taken possession of your heart and mind.

I pray sincerely and humbly at his holy feet that he may inspire you to translate the remaining fourteen parts in the same simple, sweet and pleasant language.

This will bring great blessings in your life and make it sweeter. Besides, it will surely raise and spiritualise the life of the community.

With all good wishes.

Swami Nityatmananda