GSRK-26.10 Sri Ramakrishna was going to the pine-grove. A beautiful, dark rain-cloud was to be seen in the northwest. The Master asked M.: Do you think it will rain? Please bring my umbrella. M. brought the umbrella. Reaching the Panchavati, the Master said to Lātu, who also accompanied him, Why do you look so sickly? LĀTU: I can hardly eat anything. MASTER: Is that the only reason? It is also a bad time of the year. Are you meditating too much? (To M.) I have a request to make of you. Please tell Baburam to stay with me a day or two during Rākhāl s absence. Otherwise I shall feel very unhappy. M: Yes, sir. I shall tell him. Sri Ramakrishna asked M. whether he thought that Baburam was guileless. Presently the Master left them, going in the direction of the pine-trees. After a few minutes M. and Lātu, standing in the Panchavati, saw the Master coming back toward them. Behind him the sky was black with the rain-cloud. Its reflection in the Ganges made the water darker. The disciples felt that the Master was God Incarnate, a Divine Child five years old, radiant with the smile of innocence and purity. Around him were the sacred trees of the Panchavati under which he had practised spiritual discipline and had beheld visions of God. At his feet flowed the sacred river Ganges, the destroyer of mans sins. The presence of this God-man charged the trees, shrubs, flowers, plants, and temples with spiritual fervour and divine joy. Sri Ramakrishna returned to his room and sat on the small couch. He began to praise a medicine that a certain brahmachari had prepared for him. Referring to this man, Hazra said: He is now entangled in many worldly anxieties. What a shame! Look at Nabai Chaitanya of Konnagar. Though a householder, he has put on a red cloth. MASTER: What shall I say? I clearly see that it is God Himself who has assumed all these human forms. Therefore I cannot take anybody to task. HAZRA: Narendra is again involved in a lawsuit. MASTER: He doesnt believe in Śakti, the Divine Mother. If one assumes a human body, one must recognize Her. HAZRA: Narendra says: If I believed in Śakti, all would follow me. Therefore I cannot. MASTER: But it is not good for him to go to the extreme of denying the Divine Mother. He is now under Śaktis jurisdiction. Even a judge, while giving evidence in a case, comes down and stands in the witness-box. (To M.) Have you seen Narendra lately? M: Not during the last few days. MASTER: See him and bring him here in a carriage. (To Hazra) Well, what is his relation to this [meaning himself]? HAZRA: He expects help from you. MASTER: And what about Bhavanath? Would he come here so frequently if he didnt have good tendencies? What about Harish and Lātu? They always meditate. Why is that? HAZRA: Thats right. Why should they devote all their time to meditation? It is quite a different thing for them to stay here to attend to your personal needs. MASTER: Possibly you are right. Perhaps others may take their place now. Hazra left the room, leaving the Master alone with M. THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA
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