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A LOVER OF LIGHT AMONG LUMINARIES : Dilip Kumar Roy gratitude towards Radha and decided to devote her life to the Divine and not to enter into the worldly life of marriage. This miracle transformed Manju Devi's heart as well. She made their temple-home 'Radhashram' where almost a hundred orphan girls lived dedicated lives, served by Mandira and her mother, presided over by Shyam Thakur.
Sati's is the most interesting and concrete example of an aspirant's sincere faith in God and also God's instant reply to it.
Sati was the niece of Asit's neighbour, Kalipada Babu in Calcutta. From her childhood, she was visiting Asit's house and she learnt to sing devotional songs from him. Because of her ardent aspiration for Krishna, she vowed to be the Lord's maid, but her father, staying in Assam chose Arun as her life-partner. Once, at midnight, Sati had a dream in which she
“...saw that everything was rocking, buildings crumbling like houses of cards, trees shrieking hysterically and the sick earth
spewing out inky filth."16
When she got up, she was instructed by a deep, low voice, to run out of the house without delay. She rushed to her father's door and asked them to come out. But they did not. Sati, by an unseen hand, was pushed towards the door. As soon as she went out, there was an earthquake, She thought it was an end of the world. Just at that time, she found Krishna's Image lying at her feet. She gathered the Image to her breast like a mother and she felt as if He was a living child who clung to her helplessly for protection. A strange peace pervaded her being. Later on, her apparently happy married life with Arun did not give her the peace she aspired for. So, Asit advised her to go to any good ashram for peace. But Arun requested her not to go to an ashram but to go to Rawalpindi where his mother and sister were staying in their large house where she can stay in seclusion for a few months. But after her stay at Rawalpindi for a fortnight, Muslims started massacring the Hindus. Meanwhile, Sati met a sadhu from Haridwar, named Ananda Giri, who guided Sati to follow her heart's aspiration and not to lead the ordinary life of worldly pleasures and responsibilities. Moreover, he suggested Sati either to fly with him to Delhi or leave Pindi for Kashmir or Amritsar, but not to stay there any more because, with his occult power, he saw a deep shadow brooding over that city. As Sati was waiting for Asit's arrival, she could not leave with Ananda Giri.
But, on the next day the communal violence increased in the city. Sati's brother-in-law informed her that the condition was out-of-the control of police and it was necessary for them to leave the city. The earliest plane was to leave in an hour. An omnibus was to be sent by the airport authorities to pick the passengers up in about twenty minutes. Every one was instructed to carry only
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