Anandamayee Ma hides her beauty⁷

This incident took place when Anandamayee Ma was newly married. She was about sixteen or so. Her husband, Bholanath, was much older than she was. One day her husband brought a friend of his home. Bholanath wanted to show off what a beautiful wife he had.

At that time, Anandamayee Ma’s name was Nirmala Sundari. She was extremely beautiful, both inwardly and outwardly. On that day, when Bholanath arrived home with his friend, Bholanath saw to his great surprise that his wife had put a towel over her head and covered her face.

Bholanath said to her, “What are you doing? What are you doing? You do not want to see my friend?”

But Nirmala did not listen to him. She kept the towel on her head. Then Bholanath became furious. He asked her, “Who do you think you are?”

Nirmala took off the towel and said, “I am Brahman all-pervading.”

The husband was furious and the friend was amused.