But the school, which at that time was solely
residential, could accommodate only about one hundred. Instruction
for day students was soon added.
In the VIDYALAYA I had to play father-mother to the little children,
and to cope with many organizational difficulties. I often remembered
Christ's words: "Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath
left house, or brethren or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall
receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses and brethren, and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions;
and in the world to come eternal life." {FN27-3} Sri Yukteswar had
interpreted these words: "The devotee who forgoes the life-experiences
of marriage and family, and exchanges the problems of a small
household and limited activities for the larger responsibilities
of service to society in general, is undertaking a task which is
often accompanied by persecution from a misunderstanding world,
but also by a divine inner contentment."
[Illustration: Yogoda Math, beautiful hermitage of Self-Realization
Fellowship at Dakshineswar on the Ganges. Founded in 1938 as a yoga
retreat for students of East and West.--see math.jpg]
[Illustration: Central building of the Yogoda Sat-Sanga Brahmacharya
Vidyalaya at Ranchi, Bihar, established in 1918 as a yoga school
for boys, with grammar and high school education.
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