This premature burden on her daughter's shoulders pierced the mother's heart, but to hear her confident, melodious singing, her playful bantering with rhythm to applause was elysian. She would dream of seeing Mogu become a great singer in the future. She was not destined, however, to have this happen in her lifetime. Physical labour took its toll, she fell ill and then passed away leaving her only daughter, an orphan. Mogu's childish mind may not have made any sense of this, but the words themselves remained etched in her memory to the end.
Vows torment the sincere.
They load the dice against them. Success comes in sight only when the verve has gone and only after a lot of sorrows have been digested. Such is the story of Mogubai's life too. After Jayshreebai's death, the drama troupe that supported Mogubai, 'Chandreshwar Bhootnath' was racked by internal fissures. Soon differences cropped up between the owners, and the company folded.