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Excerpt copied from the biography book of Mounibaba, by Gurudas
“While introducing the family, it is a matter of immense joy to illustrate the ideal character of an Indian woman, exemplary to the other women, a veteran Yogini and an image of devotion and love, Her Holiness Archana Bramacharini (Soudamini) the second elder sister of Mahayogeswar Sri Sri Mounibaba. The disturbing elements had to surrender to her lotus feet at Sri Brindaban and Kashi Dham because of her divine power.
It is not possible to describe her life in detail in this book. Just with a few words, it is an attempt to apprise the readers about the ideal character of a helpless widow aged 24 years old with two minor sons. Circumstances compelled her to take the firm decision to stand on her own feet coming out of rubbish family bondage caring not the unforeseen dangers and sufferings.
The brave widow, having dormant divine power in her, came to Kashi Dham at the will of Lord Shiva (Biswanath) and Goddess Annapurna (Divine Mother). She had no care for dignity and false vanity and as such she employed herself as a domestic cook. She joined Sanskrit College and then Ayurvedic College and continued her studies with great trouble. She obtained her degree with a gold medal and started her profession as a good physician in the Ayurvedic system of treatment at Shantipur (West Bengal). She gave education to her sons. The eldest son having a degree in Sanskrit suddenly expired. The shock was unbearable to her yet she remained there so long her Sadguru Anandamoy Paramhansha Baba desired.
She was wholeheartedly devoted to her spiritual master. After some time with the permission of her master, she came to the village named Ranibari in the district of Karimganj (Assam) where her second younger brother Sri, Ramani Mohan Chakrabarty settled down earlier.
She purchased some hilly land for residential as well as cultivation purpose and made establishments gradually for Sri Sri Radha Gobinda and subsequently for Anandeswar Shiva at the place earmarked by her spiritual master Sri Sri Anandamoy Paramansha Baba on cremated ashes of his material body. Thus the famous Radha Gobindo temple, Anandswar Shiva temple, and Yogna temple (where sacrifice on fire is still being done on various occasions) will ever witness her great achievement and noble deeds.
The pair of Sri Radha and Sri Gobinda, made of brass of standard size, seems to be alive, and was served by a devotee at Sri Vrindavan. Before her demise, she was thoughtful about the deities for their future services
.Radharani directed her in a dream to hand over them to Srimati Archana Brahmacharani, a true lover of Radha Govinda, now residing at Kashi Dham. According to the description given by Radharani, the devotee told the mystery of the dream and handed over the loving pair of the deity to Archana Devi who received them thankfully as a miracle.
Since then Sri Radha Gobinda became her living member as a domestic deity wherever she stayed. She could settle at Shantipur or at Kashi Dham. But Sri Radhagovinda cleverly brought her to Ranabari village, the hilly area probably with their secret plan to make a fresh pleasure garden or playing garden in this lonely, peaceful, and beautiful hilly ground as Nava Vrindavan.
The high hill on the back side (western side) with natural beauties resembles most like Giri Govardhan at Sri Vrindavan. This hilly zone will one day be treated and honored as a place of pilgrimage as per the version of Sri Sri Mounibaba. Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya and his close devotees are said to have bestowed their kind look on this hilly belt which will be saved from natural calamities and other dangers.
Presently it is evident that the land is purified by three ascetics of the highest rank who are no more in material body but their blessings as yet act in the minds of devotees and will surely act in the future days too. Seeing the conditions of numbers of devotees in kirtan (songs in the praises of Hari or Radha Krishna ), people firmly announced with devotion that the seen they saw here exactly the same as what had happened at the time of Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Nawadwip five hundred years ago .
The annual festival in the month of January or February (four days from makarisaptami) in memory of Maharshi Anandamoy Bramchari is being solemnised as usual. Sacrifice on fire in the house of sacrifice in front of Shiva temple is being done as yet for world peace, the safety of man and animals from natural calamities, and also for the purification of the environment.
Yogini Archana Brahmacharini, the devout soul, breathed her last at the age of 89 years. Just a few months ago before her demise, she said to Gurudas affectionately on the varandaah of Radha Govinda temple, “Ramesh is the most powerful superhuman of the world now. As you are his affectionate disciple, you must follow him and make use of his ideals for the welfare of mankind. Save society from ruin jointly with other organizations. I am leaving my material body soon and may not meet you again. Ramesh is your ideal and you can do what I believe, God Bless You”. She blessed Gurudas with her holy hand. She is alive in memory and alive in deeds.
Gurudas thinks in his mind but finds no way to keep the words of Grandma. Though life is already surrendered to the lotus feet of the spiritual master, unfortunately, the response of acceptance has not yet been visualized or revealed. Blessings of saintly person will never go in vain, hence time factor is accepted for consolation to bring the mission into fruitful stage despite various obstacles.”