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 đŸ‘‰CLASS XI >  WBCHSE đŸ‘‰  āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¤ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻļ্āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦং āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ°

THE SWAMI AND MOTHER-WORSHIP

From

 THE MASTER  AS I SAW HIM

By SISTER NIVEDITA

 

The story of the glimpses which I caught of this part of the Swami’s life would be singularly incomplete, if it contained no mention of his worship of the Mother.

āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœিāĻ° āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻ•ā§ŸেāĻ• āĻāĻ˛āĻ• āĻšিāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ†āĻŽি āĻāĻ–াāĻ¨ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛ে āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি āĻ¤া āĻ¨িāĻ¤াāĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ¯াāĻŦে, āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ¤ৃāĻĒুāĻœাāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ‰āĻ˛্āĻ˛েāĻ– āĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ি।

 Spiritually speaking, I have always felt that there were two elements in his consciousness. āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ†āĻ§্āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻŽিāĻ• āĻšেāĻ¤āĻ¨াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে, āĻĻুāĻ‡ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻŦা āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻŦিāĻ§ āĻ‰āĻĒাāĻĻাāĻ¨ āĻ›িāĻ˛।

Undoubtedly he was born a Brahmajnani, as Ramakrishna Paramahamsa so frequently insisted.

āĻ¨িঃāĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻĻেāĻšে, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨ী āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸা āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸ āĻŦাāĻ°āĻŦাāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤েāĻ¨। 

When he was only eight years old, sitting at his play, he had developed the power of entering Samadhi.

āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸ āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ†āĻŸ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ–েāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻŦāĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§িāĻ¤ে āĻ¨িāĻŽāĻ—্āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŦāĻ•ীā§Ÿ āĻ•্āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤া āĻ†ā§ŸāĻ¤্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨। 

 The religious ideas towards which he naturally gravitated, were highly abstract and philosophical, the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as ‘idolatrous.’

āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•ে āĻ¯ে āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖা āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĒোāĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨, āĻ¤া āĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻŽূāĻ°্āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦং āĻĻাāĻ°্āĻļāĻ¨িāĻ•, 'āĻĒৌāĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ˛িāĻ•āĻ¤া' āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻ¯ে āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖা āĻŦোāĻাā§Ÿ āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ°ীāĻ¤।

 In his youth, and presumably when he had already been some time under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna, he became a formal member of the Sadharan Brahmo Sàmaj.

āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¯ৌāĻŦāĻ¨ে, āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ‡āĻ¤িāĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯েāĻ‡ āĻļ্āĻ°ীāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖেāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻĻীāĻ•্āĻˇিāĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ°াāĻš্āĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽাāĻœেāĻ° āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻŽিāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸্āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¨।

 In England and America he was never known to preach anything that depended on a special form.

āĻ‡ংāĻ˛্āĻ¯াāĻ¨্āĻĄ āĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽেāĻ°িāĻ•াā§Ÿ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽ āĻ¨িā§Ÿে āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻšাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›েāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻœাāĻ¨া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ āĻ¨া āĻ¯া āĻŽূāĻ°্āĻ¤ি āĻŦা āĻ¸াāĻ•াāĻ°āĻŦাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻœā§œিāĻ¤

 The realisation of Brahman was his only imperative, the Advaita philosophy his only system of doctrine, the Vedas and Upanishads his sole scriptural authority. 

    । āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ি āĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇ্āĻ¯, āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻ°্āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŦাāĻĻāĻ›িāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦং āĻŦেāĻĻ āĻ“ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨িāĻˇāĻĻ āĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻŽাāĻŖ্āĻ¯ āĻ—্āĻ°āĻ¨্āĻĨ।

And yet, side by side with this, it is also true that in India the word “Mother” was forever on his lips. 

āĻ¤āĻŦু āĻāĻ° āĻĒাāĻļাāĻĒাāĻļি āĻāĻŸাāĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¯ āĻ¯ে āĻ­াāĻ°āĻ¤ে "āĻŽা" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŸা āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ োঁāĻŸে āĻ˛েāĻ—ে āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ¤।

 

He spoke of Her, as we of one deeply familiar in the household life. 

āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĒ্āĻ°াā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° (āĻœāĻ—āĻ¨্āĻŽাāĻ¤াāĻ°) āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤েāĻ¨,āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻŦাā§œিāĻ° āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻĒāĻ°িāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻ•াāĻ°োāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛ি

He was constantly preoccupied with Her. 

āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¤েāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻ—্āĻ¨ āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ¤েāĻ¨। 

Like other children, he was not always good.  āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯াāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸ুāĻŦোāĻ§ āĻŦা āĻļাāĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ¸্āĻŦāĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ° āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।

Sometimes he would be naughty and rebellious. But always to Her. Never did he attribute to any other, the good or evil that befell.

āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ো-āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ো āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ…āĻļাāĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻ“ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āĻ°োāĻšী āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ¤েāĻ¨। āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻļাāĻ¨্āĻ¤, āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ—āĻ¤। āĻ­াāĻ˛ো āĻŦা āĻ–াāĻ°াāĻĒ āĻ¯া-āĻ‡ āĻšোāĻ• āĻ¨া āĻ•েāĻ¨, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨োāĻ‡ āĻ•াāĻ°োāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻĻোāĻˇাāĻ°োāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।



 On a certain solemn occasion, he entrusted to a disciple a prayer to Her that in his own life had acted as a veritable charm. 

āĻāĻ• āĻ—ুāĻ°ুāĻ—āĻŽ্āĻ­ীāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻˇ্āĻ াāĻ¨ে, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯āĻ•ে āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ¨া āĻļিāĻ–িā§Ÿে āĻĻেāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻĒ্āĻ°াāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ¨াāĻŸি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨েāĻ“ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻ¤্āĻ°āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ•াāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤।


“And mind!” he added suddenly, turning with what was almost fierceness upon the receiver, “make Her listen to you, when you say it! None of that cringing to Mother! Remember!” 

।    āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ­ীāĻˇāĻŖ āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤েāĻœিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻĢিāĻ°ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻ†āĻ° āĻļোāĻ¨ো, āĻ¤ুāĻŽি āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ•ে āĻĄাāĻ•āĻŦে, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĄাāĻ•ো āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤োāĻŽাāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāĻ¨āĻ¤ে āĻŦাāĻ§্āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¨। āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĄাāĻ•া āĻŽাāĻ¨ে āĻļুāĻ§ু āĻ…āĻ¸āĻšাā§Ÿ āĻŽিāĻ¨āĻ¤ি āĻ¨ā§Ÿ। āĻāĻŸা āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ°েāĻ–ো।"


Every now and then he would break out with some new fragment of description.

āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻšāĻ াā§ŽāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ›োāĻŸো āĻ›োāĻŸো āĻŦāĻ°্āĻŖāĻ¨া āĻ¤ুāĻ˛ে āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨। 

 The right hand raised in blessing, the left holding the sword,— “Her curse is blessing!” 

āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻĄাāĻ¨ āĻšাāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻļীāĻ°্āĻŦাāĻĻ-āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤োāĻ˛িāĻ¤, āĻŦাāĻŽ āĻšাāĻ¤ে āĻ–āĻ˛া। "āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­িāĻļাāĻĒ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ†āĻļীāĻ°্āĻŦাāĻĻ।

would be the sudden exclamation that ended a long reverie. 

āĻāĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ‡ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŽাāĻে āĻŽাāĻে āĻ†āĻ•āĻ¸্āĻŽিāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ—েāĻ° āĻŦāĻšিঃāĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¯া āĻļেāĻˇ āĻšāĻ¤ āĻāĻ• āĻĻীāĻ°্āĻ˜ āĻ¸্āĻŦāĻĒ্āĻ¨াāĻŦিāĻˇ্āĻŸāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ āĻĻিā§Ÿে। 

Or becoming half-lyric in the intensity of his feeling, “Deep in the heart of hearts of Her own, flashes the blood-red knife of Kali.

āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ো-āĻŦা āĻ—āĻ­ীāĻ° āĻ­াāĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ—ে āĻ†āĻš্āĻ›āĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ†āĻ§োāĻ•াāĻŦ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻ¸ুāĻ°ে āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ¤েāĻ¨, "āĻ­āĻ•্āĻ¤েāĻ° āĻšৃāĻĻā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ—āĻ­ীāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¤ঃāĻ•োāĻŖে, āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ°āĻ•্āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž্āĻœিāĻ¤ āĻ–āĻ™্āĻ— āĻŦāĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ে।

 Worshippers of the Mother are they from their birth, in Her incarnation of the sword!” From him was gathered, in such moments as these, almost every line and syllable of a certain short psalm, called the ‘Voice of the Mother,’ which I wrote and published about this time. 

āĻāĻ°াāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽ āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ–āĻ™্āĻ—āĻ§াāĻ°িāĻŖী āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¤াāĻ°েāĻ° āĻĒূāĻœাāĻ°ী। āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽি 'āĻœāĻ—āĻ¨্āĻŽাāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŦাāĻŖী āĻ¨াāĻŽে āĻ¯ে āĻ•্āĻˇুāĻĻ্āĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ¤োāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°ি āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ি, āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻŸি āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ āĻ“ āĻ›āĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ¨িঃāĻ¸ৃāĻ¤ āĻ›িāĻ˛।


“I worship the Terrible!” he was continually saying,— and once, “It is a mistake to hold that with all men pleasure is the motive. Quite as many are born to seek after pain. Let us worship the Terror for Its own sake.” 

  "āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ°ী āĻ°ূāĻĒেāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒাāĻ¸āĻ•।" āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĒ্āĻ°াā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ•āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ­ুāĻ˛ āĻšāĻŦে āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŽাāĻ¨ুāĻˇেāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ¸ুāĻ–āĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇ্āĻ¯। āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ›ে āĻ¯াāĻ°া āĻ†āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽ āĻĻুঃāĻ– āĻ–ুঁāĻœে āĻŦেā§œাā§Ÿ। āĻšāĻ˛ো āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ°ী āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ° āĻ°ূāĻĒেāĻ° āĻĒূāĻœা āĻ•āĻ°ি।"



He had a whole-hearted contempt for what he regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness. 

āĻ–ুঁāĻ¤āĻ–ুঁāĻ¤ে āĻ¸্āĻŦāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻŦা āĻ˜্āĻ¯াāĻ¨ āĻ˜্āĻ¯াāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻ¯া āĻŦোāĻাā§Ÿ āĻ¤া āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨্āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨।

He wasted few words on me, when I came to him with my difficulties about animal sacrifice in the temple.

āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻĻিāĻ°ে āĻĒāĻļুāĻŦāĻ˛িāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¤্āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻœাāĻ¨াāĻ¤ে āĻ¯াāĻ‡, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ¸াāĻŽাāĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻ•-āĻŸি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨। 

 He made no reference, as he might have done, to the fact that most of us, loudly as we may attack this, have no hesitation in offering animal sacrifice to ourselves.

āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸āĻšāĻœেāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŦāĻ•্āĻ¤āĻŦ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻŦিāĻ°ুāĻĻ্āĻ§েāĻ‡ āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻļুāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛িāĻĻাāĻ¨-āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ‰āĻš্āĻš āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ি, āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°াāĻ‡ āĻ–াāĻŦাāĻ°ে āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻļুāĻšāĻ¤্āĻ¯া āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ি āĻ¨া। 



 He offered no argument, as he easily might have done, regarding the degradation of the butcher and the slaughter-house, under the modern system. “Why not a little blood, to complete the picture?” was his only direct reply to my objections. 

āĻ¨া, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ–াā§œা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া। āĻ†āĻ§ুāĻ¨িāĻ• āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ¸াāĻ‡ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ¸াāĻ‡āĻ–াāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻĻূāĻ°াāĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻšাāĻ‡āĻ˛ে āĻ¸ে āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨। āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤া āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া। āĻŦāĻ°ং āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­িāĻ¯োāĻ—েāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ°ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ›োāĻŸ্āĻŸ āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ•-āĻŸি āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛েāĻ¨ "āĻ›āĻŦিāĻŸাāĻ•ে āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦাāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛āĻ‡ āĻ¨া āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āĻŸু āĻ°āĻ•্āĻ¤āĻĒাāĻ¤?"



And it was with considerable difficulty that I elicited from him, and from another disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, sitting near, the actual facts of the more austere side of Kali-worship, that side which has transcended the sacrifice of others.

 


(āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ• āĻ•āĻˇ্āĻŸে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ› āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāĻŦং āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻĨাāĻ•া āĻļ্āĻ°ী āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖেāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ› āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ•াāĻ˛ী-āĻ‰āĻĒাāĻ¸āĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§িāĻ•āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ•āĻ োāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•āĻŸিāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•ৃāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻĨ্āĻ¯ āĻœাāĻ¨āĻ¤ে āĻĒেāĻ°েāĻ›িāĻ˛াāĻŽ, āĻ¯ে āĻĻিāĻ•āĻŸি āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻ—āĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ¤িāĻ•্āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ে।)

āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ°, āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻĨাāĻ•া āĻļ্āĻ°ীāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖেāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ› āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ‰āĻš্āĻšাāĻ™্āĻ—েāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻĒুāĻœোāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•ৃāĻ¤ āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻŽāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻœাāĻ¨āĻ¤ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻ— āĻĒেāĻ¤ে āĻšā§Ÿ। 

 


He told me however that he had never tolerated the blood-offering commonly made to the “demons who attend on Kali.”

āĻ¯াāĻšোāĻ• āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻŽা āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻšāĻ° āĻ­ূāĻ¤āĻĒ্āĻ°েāĻ¤-āĻāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āĻ¯ে āĻŦāĻ˛িāĻĻাāĻ¨ āĻŦা āĻ°āĻ•্āĻ¤āĻĒাāĻ¤ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻš্āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।


 This was simple devil-worship, and he had no place for it.

āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ¨িāĻ¤াāĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ‡ āĻ…āĻļুāĻ­ āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒাāĻ¸āĻ¨া āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।


His own effort being constantly to banish fear and weakness from his own consciousness and to learn to recognise THE MOTHER as instinctively in evil, terror, sorrow, and annihilation, as in that which makes for sweetness and joy, it followed that the one thing he could not away with was any sort of watering-down of the great conception. 



āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻ°āĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻ“ āĻĻুāĻ°্āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤া āĻĻূāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨...āĻŽাāĻ§ুāĻ°্āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¨িāĻœে āĻĨেāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻœāĻ—āĻœ্āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¨ীāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻĻেāĻ–া - āĻ¯াā§Ÿ, āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻļুāĻ­, āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ°, āĻĻুঃāĻ– āĻ†āĻ° āĻŦিāĻ¨াāĻļেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯েāĻ“ - āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ি āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻļেāĻ–া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ, āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻšাāĻ¨ - āĻ†āĻĻāĻ°্āĻļāĻ•ে āĻ›োāĻŸো āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨োāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻš্āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।


“Fools!" he exclaimed once,—as he dwelt in quiet talk on “the worship of the Terrible”,on “becoming one with the Terrible”—

āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ°িāĻ° āĻĒূāĻœা āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻāĻ•াāĻ¤্āĻŽ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ˛োāĻšāĻ¨া āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤েāĻœিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻ েāĻ¨ "āĻŽূāĻ°্āĻ– āĻ“āĻ°া। 

  "Fools! they put a garland of flowers round Thy neck, and then start back in terror, 

āĻ“āĻ°া āĻ¤োāĻŽাāĻ° āĻ—āĻ˛াā§Ÿ āĻĢুāĻ˛েāĻ° āĻŽাāĻ˛া āĻĒāĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ­ā§Ÿে āĻ¸āĻ°ে āĻ†āĻ¸ে। 

and call Thee ‘the Merciful’!”

āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ•িāĻ¨া āĻĻā§ŸাāĻŽā§Ÿী

 And as he spoke, the underlying egoism of worship that is devoted to the kind God, to Providence, the consoling Divinity, without a heart for God in the earthquake, or God in the volcano, overwhelmed the listener.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻļ্āĻ°োāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ি āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¯ে āĻ­ূāĻŽিāĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ—্āĻ¨্āĻ¯ুā§ŽāĻĒাāĻ¤ āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ীā§ŸāĻŽাāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻˆāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ° āĻ¤াঁāĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻ˛ো āĻ¨া āĻŦেāĻ¸ে āĻ¯েāĻ‡, āĻˆāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ° āĻĻā§ŸাāĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻ¯িāĻ¨ি āĻĒাāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻ•āĻ°্āĻ¤া, āĻļোāĻ•ে-āĻĻুঃāĻ–ে āĻ¯াঁāĻ° āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ¸াāĻ¨্āĻ¤্āĻŦāĻ¨া āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ¯াā§Ÿ, āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āĻ¯ে āĻĻেāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ¯ে āĻĒুāĻœো āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ†ā§œাāĻ˛ে āĻ•েāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ°ā§ŸেāĻ›ে,


One saw that such worship was at bottom, as the Hindu calls it, merely ‘shopkeeping,’

āĻļ্āĻ°োāĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ§াāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨েāĻ° āĻĒূāĻœা āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻĻুāĻ°া āĻ¯āĻĨাāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ে, āĻ†āĻĻāĻ¤ে āĻĻোāĻ•াāĻ¨āĻĻাāĻ°ি āĻ›াā§œা āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻ¨ā§Ÿ

and one realised the infinitely greater boldness and truth of the teaching that God manifests through evil as well as through good. 

infinitely : āĻ…āĻ¸ীāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻšু āĻ—ুāĻŖে, āĻ¸ীāĻŽাāĻšীāĻ¨āĻ°ূāĻĒে, āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻ¤ āĻ—ুāĻŖে

(manifest: āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ, āĻ˜োāĻˇāĻŖা-āĻĒāĻ¤্āĻ°, āĻŦিāĻļāĻĻ, āĻ‡āĻ¸্āĻ¤াāĻšাāĻ°, āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻĻীāĻĒ্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖāĻŦিāĻ•āĻļিāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤্āĻ¤ā§Ÿা, āĻ¸্āĻĢুāĻŸ, āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻ¸িāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•āĻŸ, āĻ¸ুāĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ, āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻ­াāĻ¤, āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻĻীāĻĒিāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻĻেāĻšাāĻ¤ীāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ¨, āĻ˜োāĻˇāĻŖা āĻ•āĻ°া)

(greater : āĻŦৃāĻšāĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻ­াāĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ¨্āĻ¨, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽ, āĻŽāĻšাāĻ¨, āĻŦিāĻļাāĻ˛, āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž, āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¤, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ§াāĻ¨, āĻŽāĻšā§Ž, āĻ—ুāĻ°ুāĻ¤্āĻŦāĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ, āĻ¸্āĻĢীāĻ¤, āĻŦā§œ, āĻŦিāĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇāĻŖ, āĻŦিāĻļিāĻˇ্āĻŸ, āĻ—ুāĻ°ুāĻ¤āĻ°, āĻ…āĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻ§িāĻ•, āĻ…āĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻ¨্āĻ¤, āĻĒৃāĻĨু, āĻ—ুāĻ°ু, āĻ…āĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻš্āĻš)

(boldness : āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ˛āĻœ্āĻœāĻ¤া, āĻ§ৃāĻˇ্āĻŸāĻ¤া, āĻŦেāĻšাā§ŸাāĻĒāĻ¨া, āĻ¸াāĻšāĻ¸িāĻ•āĻ¤া, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ—āĻ˛্āĻ­āĻ¤া, āĻ¸াāĻœāĻļ, āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ­ীāĻ•āĻ¤া)

āĻ¤াāĻ°া āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ™্āĻ—āĻ˛েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ…āĻŽāĻ™্āĻ—āĻ˛েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯েāĻ“ āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ‡ āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇা āĻ†āĻ—েāĻ° āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦāĻšুāĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ­ীāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¯, āĻāĻ• āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ি āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে, 

One saw that the true attitude for the mind and will that are not to be baffled by the personal self, was in fact the determination, in the stern words of

the Swami Vivekananda, ‘to seek death not life, to hurl oneself upon the sword’s point, to become one with the Terrible for evermore!’ It would have been altogether inconsistent with the Swami’s idea of freedom, to have sought to impose his own conceptions on a disciple. 

baffled : āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦুāĻĻ্āĻ§ি, āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ°্āĻĨ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻŦিāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦুāĻĻ্āĻ§ি āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ•িংāĻ•āĻ°্āĻ¤āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦিāĻŽূā§ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ°া

determination : āĻ¨িāĻ°ূāĻĒāĻŖ, āĻ িāĻ•, āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ, āĻ¨িāĻ°াāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ, āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻŖā§Ÿ, āĻŽীāĻŽাংāĻ¸া, āĻ¨িāĻŦāĻ¨্āĻ§āĻ¨, āĻ¨িāĻŦāĻ¨্āĻ§, āĻ াāĻšāĻ°, āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ•āĻ˛্āĻĒ, āĻĻৃā§āĻšāĻ°িāĻ¤্āĻ°, āĻ•āĻŸāĻ•িāĻ¨া, āĻ¸্āĻĨিāĻ°ীāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ, āĻ¸্āĻĨিāĻ° āĻ¸ংāĻ•āĻ˛্āĻĒ)

stern : āĻ•ā§œা, āĻ•āĻ োāĻ°, āĻ¨িāĻ¤āĻŽ্āĻŦ, āĻ…āĻĻāĻŽāĻ¨ীā§Ÿ, āĻ•āĻ োāĻ°, āĻœাāĻšাāĻœেāĻ° āĻĒāĻļ্āĻšাāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻ—, āĻœাāĻšাāĻœেāĻ° āĻ˛েāĻœ, āĻ•āĻ িāĻ¨, āĻ˛েāĻœ, āĻ•āĻ োāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°্āĻ•āĻŦাāĻŖী, āĻŦāĻļ্āĻ¯āĻ¤া, āĻĒোāĻ¤েāĻ° āĻĒāĻļ্āĻšাāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻ—, āĻ…āĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ীā§Ÿ, āĻ•ৃāĻš্āĻ›্āĻ°āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ, āĻ…āĻĻāĻŽ্āĻ¯

hurl : āĻ¸āĻœোāĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻĒ, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•্āĻˇেāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸āĻœোāĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸āĻœোāĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻ•্āĻˇেāĻĒ

inconsistent : āĻ…āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—āĻ¤, āĻ…āĻ¸ংāĻ—āĻ¤, āĻ…āĻŦাāĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻŦāĻ¨্āĻ§āĻšীāĻ¨, āĻŦিāĻˇāĻŽ, āĻ…āĻ¸ংāĻ˛āĻ—্āĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—āĻ¤িāĻšীāĻ¨, āĻŦেāĻŽাāĻ¨াāĻ¨, āĻ¸্āĻŦā§ŸংāĻŦিāĻ°ুāĻĻ্āĻ§, āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦāĻ°্āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻļীāĻ˛, āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻĒāĻ¯োāĻ—ী, āĻ†āĻ¤্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻ°োāĻ§ী, āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽāĻž্āĻœāĻ¸, āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ°ীāĻ¤


āĻ¤াঁāĻ°া āĻŦুāĻāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ‡āĻš্āĻ›াāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ি āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•ৃāĻ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨োāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻ¯াāĻ•ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¸ীāĻŽাāĻŦāĻĻ্āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻšāĻ˛āĻŦে āĻ¨া, āĻ¤া āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ে āĻĻৃā§āĻ¸ংāĻ•āĻ˛্āĻĒ, āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœিāĻ° āĻ•āĻ োāĻ° āĻ­াāĻˇাā§Ÿ 'āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨āĻ•ে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ•ে āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŦাāĻ°িāĻ° āĻŽুāĻ–ে āĻĻাঁā§œ āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ•ে āĻ“āĻ‡ āĻ­ā§ŸংāĻ•āĻ°ীāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻĨে āĻāĻ•াāĻ¤্āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¤ুāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে।

āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻŦা āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖাāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœি āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨োāĻ‡ āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯āĻĻেāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻœোāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻšাāĻĒিā§Ÿে āĻĻিāĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া, āĻ•াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤া āĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻ§ীāĻ¨āĻ¤া āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœিāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻ†āĻĻāĻ°্āĻļ āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°িāĻĒāĻ¨্āĻĨী। 


But everything in my past life as an educationist had contributed to impress on me now the necessity of taking on the Indian consciousness, and the personal perplexity associated with the memory of the pilgrimage to Amarnath was a witness not to be forgotten to the strong place which Indian systems of worship held in that consciousness.

perplexity : āĻ†āĻŦেāĻļ, āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦুāĻĻ্āĻ§িāĻ¤া, āĻœāĻŸিāĻ˛āĻ¤া, āĻŦিāĻš্āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤া, āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻŽোāĻš, āĻ•িংāĻ•āĻ¤্āĻ°্āĻ¤āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦিāĻŽূā§āĻ¤া, āĻ˜ূāĻ°্āĻŖিāĻ¤-āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¤āĻ•

contributed : āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻাāĻ¨, āĻ•াāĻœে āĻ˛াāĻ—া, āĻšাঁāĻĻা āĻĻেāĻ¤্āĻ¤ā§Ÿা(

impress : āĻ‡āĻŽāĻĒ্āĻ°েāĻ¸, āĻŽুāĻĻ্āĻ°ি āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ›াāĻĒ āĻĻেāĻ¤্āĻ¤ā§Ÿা, āĻ›াāĻĒ, āĻ…āĻ™্āĻ•িāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦ, āĻŦৈāĻļিāĻˇ্āĻŸ্āĻ¯, āĻ›াāĻĒা, āĻ…āĻ•্āĻˇāĻ° āĻŽুāĻĻ্āĻ°ি āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻšাāĻĒ āĻĻিā§Ÿা āĻšিāĻš্āĻ¨িāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻŽুāĻĻ্āĻ°িāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ¸্āĻŽৃāĻ¤িāĻĒāĻŸে āĻŽুāĻĻ্āĻ°িāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°া, āĻ›াāĻĒ āĻŽাāĻ°া)

āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇāĻ• āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤ীāĻ¤ āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­িāĻœ্āĻžāĻ¤া āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻ¸াāĻšাāĻ¯্āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ¯ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻ°āĻ¤ীā§Ÿ āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ§াāĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤া āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­্āĻ¯াāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে, āĻāĻŦং āĻ“āĻ‡ āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ§াāĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻ¨িāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻ­াāĻ°āĻ¤েāĻ° āĻŦিāĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻĒূāĻœা- āĻĒāĻĻ্āĻ§āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻŦিāĻļেāĻˇ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦ āĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻŦিāĻ¸্āĻŽā§Ÿ-āĻŦিāĻ­্āĻ°াāĻ¨্āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ­ূāĻ¤ি āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ¤া āĻ…āĻŽāĻ°āĻ¨াāĻĨ āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°াāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦিāĻ¸্āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖীā§Ÿ āĻ¸্āĻŽৃāĻ¤িāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻœāĻĄ়িāĻ¤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻ•্āĻˇ্āĻ¯ āĻŦā§Ÿে āĻŦেā§œাāĻš্āĻ›ে।

I set myself therefore to enter into Kali worship, as one would set oneself to learn a new language, or take birth deliberately, perhaps, in a new race. 

deliberately : āĻ­েāĻŦেāĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ে, āĻ‡āĻš্āĻ›াāĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦāĻ•, āĻœেāĻ¨েāĻļুāĻ¨ে, āĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¤āĻ¸াāĻ°ে

āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ¯েāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¨āĻ¤ুāĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻ­াāĻˇা āĻļিāĻ–āĻ¤ে āĻļুāĻ°ু āĻ•āĻ°ে, āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛ে āĻ‡āĻš্āĻ›া āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻ¨āĻ¤ুāĻ¨ āĻœাāĻ¤িāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽāĻ—্āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°াāĻ° āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°ে, āĻ¸েāĻ‡āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻĒূāĻœাāĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻ¸্āĻ¯ āĻŦোāĻাāĻ° āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛াāĻŽ। 

To this fact I owe it that I was able to understand as much as I did of our Master’s life and thought.Step by step, glimpse after glimpse, I began to comprehend a little. 



And in matters religious, he was, without knowing it, a born educator. He never checked a struggling thought. Being with him one day when an image of Kali was brought in, and noticing some passing expression, I suddenly said “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kali is the Vision of Siva! Is She?” He looked at me for a moment. “Well! 





  āĻāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻĢāĻ˛ে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœিāĻ° āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ§াāĻ°া āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŸা āĻĒেāĻ°েāĻ›ি āĻŦুāĻেāĻ›ি, āĻ§ীāĻ°ে āĻ§ীāĻ°ে āĻāĻ•āĻŸু āĻāĻ•āĻŸু āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻŦুāĻেāĻ›ি। āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽেāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে, āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻœাāĻ¤ āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇāĻ•, āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻ…āĻœাāĻ¨্āĻ¤েāĻ‡। āĻ¯ে āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤া āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻিāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ°ূāĻĒ āĻ¨েāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ে, āĻ¤াāĻ•ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻŦাāĻ§া āĻĻিāĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া। āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ†āĻ›ি āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻœাā§ŸāĻ—াā§Ÿ āĻ•াāĻ˛ী āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻŽা āĻ†āĻ¨া āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤া āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ¨া āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤ে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛াāĻŽ, "āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœি, āĻšā§ŸāĻ¤ো

āĻŽা āĻ•াāĻ˛ী āĻļিāĻŦেāĻ° āĻ§্āĻ¯াāĻ¨ে āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇ āĻāĻ• āĻ°ূāĻĒ। āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ•ি?" āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŽুāĻšূāĻ°্āĻ¤েāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻ¤াāĻ•াāĻ˛েāĻ¨। 

Well! Express it in your own way,” he said gently, “Express it in your own way!”

āĻĒāĻ°ে āĻļাāĻ¨্āĻ¤āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻŦেāĻļ। āĻŦেāĻļ। āĻ¤োāĻŽাāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ°ূāĻĒ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ো। āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ¤া āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•াāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ো।"

Another day he was going with me to visit the old Maharshi Devendra Nath Tagore, in the seclusion of his home in Jorasanko, and before we started, he questioned me about a death-scene at which I had been present the night before. 

āĻ†āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—েāĻ‡ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻŦীāĻŖ āĻŽāĻšāĻ°্āĻˇি āĻĻেāĻŦেāĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻ°āĻ¨াāĻĨ āĻ াāĻ•ুāĻ°েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻœোā§œাāĻ¸াঁāĻ•োāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦাā§œিāĻ¤ে āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻ¯াāĻš্āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻāĻŦং āĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°া āĻļুāĻ°ুāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ে, āĻ†āĻ—েāĻ° āĻ°াāĻ¤ে āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¤িāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ¯ে āĻĻৃāĻļ্āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻŽি āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›িāĻ˛াāĻŽ āĻ¸ে āĻŦিāĻˇā§Ÿে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻļ্āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨


I told him eagerly of the sudden realisation that had come to me, that religions were only languages, and we must speak to a man in his own language. 

āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻšāĻ াā§Ž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¸াāĻ—্āĻ°āĻšে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛াāĻŽ, āĻŦিāĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽ āĻŦিāĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻ­াāĻˇা āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ°, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ‰āĻšিāĻ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŽাāĻ¨ুāĻˇেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻ­াāĻˇাā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛া।


His whole face lighted up at the thought. “Yes!” he exclaimed, ‘And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was the only man who taught that! He was the only man who ever had the courage to say that we must speak to all men in their own language!” Yet there came a day when he found it necessary to lay down with unmistakeable clearness his own position in the matter of Mother

worship.

 āĻ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļুāĻ¨ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–াāĻ¨া āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻĻে āĻ‰āĻœ্āĻœ্āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛। āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻš্āĻ¯াঁ। āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸āĻ‡ āĻ āĻļিāĻ•্āĻˇা āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻ—েāĻ›েāĻ¨। āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨িāĻ‡ āĻ¸াāĻšāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ—েāĻ›েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে, āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ‰āĻšিāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™্āĻ—ে āĻ¤াঁāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœ āĻ¨িāĻœ āĻ­াāĻˇাā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛া।"āĻ¤āĻŦুāĻ“ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŽাāĻ¤ৃāĻĒূāĻœা āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻŦāĻ¨্āĻ§ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻ¸ুāĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻœাāĻ¨িā§Ÿে āĻĻেāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°ā§ŸোāĻœāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨

 I was about to lecture at the Kalighat, and he came to instruct me that if any foreign friends should wish to be present, they were to remove their shoes, and sit on the floor, like the rest of the audience.

 In that Presence no exceptions were to be made.I was myself to be responsible for this.


āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ˜াāĻŸে āĻŦāĻ•্āĻ¤ৃāĻ¤া āĻĻেāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ›িāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻ¤ে āĻāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¯ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļি āĻŦāĻ¨্āĻ§ুāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸্āĻĨিāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻšাāĻ‡āĻ˛ে āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻļ্āĻ°োāĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ো āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ°āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻœুāĻ¤ো āĻ–ুāĻ˛ে āĻŽেāĻেāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻ“āĻ‡ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒীāĻ ে āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻĻিāĻŦ্āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸্āĻĨিāĻ¤িāĻ¤ে āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻŽেāĻ° āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ¤িāĻ•্āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ¨া āĻ˜āĻŸে। āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻˇā§ŸāĻŸি āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻ° āĻ­াāĻ° āĻ°āĻ‡āĻ˛। 

After saying all this, however, he lingered before going, and then, making a shy reference to Colonel Hay’s poem of the ‘Guardian Angels’, he said, “That is precisely my position about Brahman and the gods! I believe in Brahman and the gods, and not in anything else!” 


āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻšāĻ˛ে āĻ¯াāĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ•্āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ—েāĻ˛েāĻ¨। āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŸা āĻ…āĻ¨িāĻš্āĻ›ুāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে, āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŸা āĻ˛āĻœ্āĻœাā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°্āĻ¨েāĻ˛ āĻšে-āĻ° 'Guardian Angels' (āĻ°āĻ•্āĻˇাāĻ•াāĻ°ী āĻĻেāĻŦāĻ—āĻŖ) āĻ¨াāĻŽāĻ• āĻ•āĻŦিāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ˛্āĻ˛েāĻ– āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻেāĻŦী āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻŦা āĻ…āĻ­িāĻŽāĻ¤। āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻেāĻŦীāĻ¤েāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ি, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ¤ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ¨েāĻ‡।"

He was evidently afraid that my intellectual difficulty would lie where his own must have done, in the incompatibility of the exaltation of one definite scheme of worship with the highest Vedantic theory of Brahman.

āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸāĻ¤ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ†āĻļāĻ™্āĻ•িāĻ¤ āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¯েāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻ…āĻ¸ুāĻŦিāĻ§া āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻŦুāĻāĻ¤ে āĻ…āĻ¸ুāĻŦিāĻ§া āĻšāĻŦে āĻ¯ে-āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāĻˇ āĻĒূāĻœা-āĻĒāĻĻ্āĻ§āĻ¤িāĻ° āĻļ্āĻ°েāĻˇ্āĻ āĻ¤্āĻŦ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦেāĻĻাāĻ¨্āĻ¤েāĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŽ āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽāĻŦাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸াāĻ§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে। 

 He did not understand that to us who stood about him, he was himself the reconciliation of these opposites, and the witness to the truth of each. 

āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœি āĻ¨িāĻœে āĻœাāĻ¨āĻ¤েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া āĻ¯ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻĻেāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨িāĻ‡ āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¤ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ°ীāĻ¤ āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽāĻŦিāĻļিāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸্āĻĨāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤্āĻ¯েāĻ•āĻŸি āĻ§āĻ°্āĻŽে āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¯ āĻŦিāĻ°াāĻœāĻŽাāĻ¨ āĻ¤িāĻ¨িāĻ‡ āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻˇীāĻ¸্āĻŦāĻ°ূāĻĒ।

Following up this train of thought, therefore, he dropped into a mood of half-soliloquy, and sat for a while talking disjointedly, answering questions, trying to make himself clear, yet always half absorbed in something within, as if held by some spell he could not break.


 āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ“āĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻˇā§ŸāĻŸি āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ¤ে āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ¤ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ•্āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻ˛াāĻ—āĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻāĻŦং āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻ•্āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ¸ংāĻ˛āĻ—্āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ°āĻ‡āĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻļ্āĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤্āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻিāĻš্āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ¸āĻšāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻŦোāĻাāĻ¨োāĻ° āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻ­াāĻŦāĻ¨াā§Ÿ āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻĻিāĻš্āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻš্āĻ›ে āĻšেāĻˇ্āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ“ āĻ¯ে āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦিāĻ­োāĻ° āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ†āĻ›েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŽাā§ŸাāĻœাāĻ˛ (āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ­াāĻŦ) āĻ•াāĻŸāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ›েāĻ¨ āĻ¨া।


 “How I used to hate Kali!” he said, “And all Her ways! That was the ground of my six years’ fight,—that I would not accept Her. But I had to accept Her at last! Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dedicated me to Her, and now I believe that She guides me in every little thing I do, and does with me what She will! Yet I fought so long! I loved him, you see, and that was what held me. I saw his marvellous purity I felt his wonderful love His greatness had not dawned on me then. All that came afterwards, when I had given in. At that time I thought him a brain-sick baby, always seeing visions and the rest. I hated it. And then I too had to accept Her!” “No, the thing that made me do it is a secret that will die with me. I had great misfortunes at that time It was an opportunity She made a slave Brahman  . 

āĻļুāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻ āĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻŽা āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ•ে āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ˜ৃāĻŖা āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি! āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ˛ীāĻ˛াāĻ•েāĻ“ āĻ˛া āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ি। āĻ›-āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¯ুāĻĻ্āĻ§ āĻšাāĻ˛িā§ŸেāĻ›ি-āĻ¤াঁāĻ•ে āĻļ্āĻ°āĻŽি āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻŦ āĻ¨া। āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻļেāĻˇে āĻ¤াঁāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻŽেāĻ¨ে āĻ¨িāĻ¤ে āĻšāĻ˛। āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸āĻĻেāĻŦ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻ°্āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ি, āĻ…āĻ¤ি āĻŽাāĻ¨্āĻ¯ āĻ•াāĻœেāĻ“ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻেāĻ–াāĻš্āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ‡āĻš্āĻ›াāĻŽāĻ¤োāĻ‡ āĻœ āĻ•āĻ°িā§Ÿে āĻ¨িāĻš্āĻ›েāĻ¨।... āĻ¤āĻŦুāĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŦāĻšুāĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ¯ুāĻĻ্āĻ§ āĻšাāĻ˛িā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛াāĻŽ। āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¯ে āĻ­্āĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸āĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻ˛োāĻŦাāĻ¸āĻ¤াāĻŽ, āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻŦাঁāĻ§āĻ¨েāĻ‡ āĻĒā§œে āĻ°āĻ‡āĻ˛াāĻŽ। āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻĻ্āĻ°ুāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻŦিāĻ¤্āĻ°āĻ¤া āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›ি... āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ­াāĻ˛োāĻŦাāĻ¸াāĻ° āĻ›োঁā§Ÿা āĻĒেā§ŸেāĻ›ি

āĻ†āĻŽি āĻ¸েāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ˜ৃāĻŖা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤াāĻŽ। āĻ†āĻ° āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•েāĻ‡ āĻ•িāĻ¨া āĻ¤াঁāĻ•ে (āĻŽা āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ•ে) āĻŽেāĻ¨ে āĻ¨িāĻ¤ে āĻšāĻ˛ো।

"āĻŽা, āĻ•োāĻ¨ āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ¤ে āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸা āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻ˛, āĻ¤া āĻ—োāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°, āĻœীāĻŦāĻ¨ে āĻ•াāĻ‰āĻ•ে āĻ¤া āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦ āĻ¨া। āĻ¸ে āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻĻুāĻ°্āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛āĻ›িāĻ˛। āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ¸ুāĻ¯োāĻ—ে - āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻĻাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¨িāĻ˛েāĻ¨। 



Those were the very words— ‘a slave of you.’ And Ramakrishna Paramahamsa made me over to Her...Strange! 

He lived only two years after doing that, and most of the time he was suffering. Not more than six months did he keep his own health and brightness.

āĻ āĻ¯ে āĻ¤াঁāĻ° (āĻ াāĻ•ুāĻ° āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖেāĻ°)। āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻĨা 'āĻ¤ুāĻ‡ āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ—োāĻ˛াāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦি।' āĻļ্āĻ°ীāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸āĻĻেāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻŽাā§ŸেāĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŖে āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨। āĻ āĻŦā§œāĻ‡ āĻŦিāĻ¸্āĻŽā§ŸেāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°। āĻāĻ‡ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨াāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি = āĻŽাāĻ¤্āĻ° āĻĻু-āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻœীāĻŦিāĻ¤ āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨। āĻ†āĻ° āĻ…āĻ§িāĻ•াংāĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¸ুāĻ–ে āĻ­ুāĻ—āĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨। āĻ› -āĻŽাāĻ¸ āĻ¯েāĻ¤ে āĻ¨া āĻ¯েāĻ¤েāĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻ¸্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ āĻ­েāĻ™ে āĻ—েāĻ˛, āĻŽāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨্āĻĻāĻ“ āĻ•োāĻĨাā§Ÿ āĻšাāĻ°িā§Ÿে āĻ—েāĻ˛।



 “Guru Nanak was like that, you know, looking for the one disciple to whom he would give his power. And he passed over all his own family, —his children were as nothing to him,—till he came upon the boy to whom he gave it, and then he could die.

āĻ¤ুāĻŽি āĻ¤ো āĻœাāĻ¨āĻ‡, āĻ—ুāĻ°ু āĻ¨াāĻ¨āĻ•েāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ“āĻ‡ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛, āĻ¤িāĻ¨িāĻ“ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯ āĻ–ুঁāĻœāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¯াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ¸āĻĒ্āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦেāĻ¨। āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŦাāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°্āĻ—āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ‰āĻĒেāĻ•্āĻˇা āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ—েāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ¤াāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖāĻ“ āĻ¯েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§Ÿ-āĻļেāĻˇে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻŦাāĻ˛āĻ•েāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻĒেāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¯াāĻ•ে āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ‰āĻœাā§œ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻĻিāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ¨িāĻļ্āĻšিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ে āĻŽৃāĻ¤্āĻ¯ুāĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛েāĻ¨।




“The future, you say, will call Ramakrishna Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali? Yes, I think there’s no doubt that She worked up the body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends.

"āĻ¤ুāĻŽিāĻ‡ āĻ•ি āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›, āĻ­াāĻŦীāĻ¯ুāĻ— āĻļ্āĻ°ীāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻšংāĻ¸āĻĻেāĻŦāĻ•ে āĻŽা āĻ•াāĻ˛ীāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦে? āĻš্āĻ¯াঁ, āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¤াāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻ¸āĻ¨্āĻĻেāĻš āĻ¨েāĻ‡ āĻ¯ে āĻŽা āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°ā§ŸোāĻœāĻ¨েāĻ‡ āĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃāĻ˛্āĻĒেāĻ° āĻĻেāĻšāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°াā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŦিāĻ°্āĻ­ূāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨।



“You see, I cannot but believe that there is somewhere a great Power That thinks of Herself as feminine, and called Kali, and Mother..... And I believe in Brahman too.....But is it not always like that? Is it not the multitude of cells in the body that make up the personality, the many brain-centres, not the one, that produce consciousness?.....Unity in complexity! Just so! And why should it be different with Brahman? It is Brahman.

  . It is the One. And yet — and yet — it is the gods too!” 

'āĻ­েāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–, āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻĻৃā§ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸, āĻ•োāĻĨাāĻ“ āĻ¨া āĻ•োāĻĨাāĻ“ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•োāĻ¨ো āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻšাāĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤ি āĻ†āĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻ¯িāĻ¨ি āĻ¨িāĻœেāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ•ৃāĻ¤িāĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¤া āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨, āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ āĻ•াāĻ˛ী, āĻ¤াঁāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¨াāĻŽ āĻŽা... āĻ†āĻ° āĻ†āĻŽি āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽেāĻ“ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ি... āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸা āĻ¸āĻ°্āĻŦāĻĻা āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨া āĻ•ি? āĻļāĻ°ীāĻ°েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ…āĻ¸ংāĻ–্āĻ¯ āĻ•োāĻˇ āĻŽিāĻ˛ে āĻ•ি āĻāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ•ে āĻ¸ৃāĻˇ্āĻŸি āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¨া? āĻāĻ• āĻ¨ā§Ÿ, āĻāĻ•াāĻ§িāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¸্āĻ¤িāĻˇ্āĻ•āĻ•েāĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻ•ি āĻšেāĻ¤āĻ¨াāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻ্āĻ°েāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ে āĻ¨া? āĻŦৈāĻšিāĻ¤্āĻ°্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻāĻ•্āĻ¯। āĻāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻĨা। āĻ¤āĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽেāĻ° āĻŦেāĻ˛াā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻšāĻŦে āĻ•েāĻ¨? āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ। āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ¤ীā§Ÿ। āĻ†āĻŦাāĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨িāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻেāĻŦী āĻ°ূāĻĒে āĻ†āĻŦিāĻ°্āĻ­ূāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨।"





Similarly, he had returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir saying “These gods are not merely symbols! They are the forms that the bhaktas have seen!” And it is told of Sri Ramakrishna that he would sometimes speak, coming out of samadhi, of the past experience of that soul that dwelt within him, — “He who came as Rama, as Krishna, as Jesus dwells here”—and then would add playfully, turning to his chief disciple, “But not in your Vedanta sense, Noren!” Thus we are admitted to a glimpse of the struggle that goes on in great souls, for the correlation and mutual adjustment of the different realisations of different times. On the one side the Mother, on the other side Brahman. 

āĻāĻ•āĻ‡āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীāĻ°েāĻ° āĻ¤ীāĻ°্āĻĨāĻ¯াāĻ¤্āĻ°া āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĢেāĻ°াāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, "āĻāĻ‡āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻেāĻŦী āĻļুāĻ§ু āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ—ā§œা āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤ীāĻ• āĻ¨āĻ¨। āĻ­āĻ•্āĻ¤āĻ°া āĻˆāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ°āĻ•ে āĻ¯ে āĻ°ূāĻĒে āĻ¸াāĻ•্āĻˇাā§Ž āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›েāĻ¨, āĻāĻ‡āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĻেāĻŦāĻĻেāĻŦীāĻ°া āĻ¤াঁāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ¤িāĻ°ূāĻĒ।" āĻļ্āĻ°ীāĻ°াāĻŽāĻ•ৃā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻļোāĻ¨া āĻ¯াā§Ÿ āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ§ি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāĻ°িā§Ÿে āĻ†āĻ¸াāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¤িāĻ¨ি āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤েāĻ¨, āĻ¯ে āĻ†āĻ¤্āĻŽা āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻĻেāĻšেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸্āĻĨাāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ে āĻ¸েāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ¤্āĻŽাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤ীāĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ­িāĻœ্āĻžāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨা- "āĻ¯িāĻ¨ি āĻ°াāĻŽ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ°ূāĻĒে āĻāĻ¸েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ•ৃāĻˇ্āĻŖ āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻāĻ¸েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨, āĻ¯িāĻļু āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¤াāĻ°ে āĻāĻ¸েāĻ›িāĻ˛েāĻ¨ āĻ¤াঁāĻ°া āĻ¸āĻŦাāĻ‡ āĻāĻ–াāĻ¨ে, āĻ†āĻŽাāĻ° āĻļāĻ°ীāĻ°েāĻ‡ āĻŦাāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ¨"-āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤াāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¤াঁāĻ° āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻ§াāĻ¨ āĻļিāĻˇ্āĻ¯েāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻ¤াāĻ•িā§Ÿে āĻ–েāĻ˛াāĻš্āĻ›āĻ˛ে āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤েāĻ¨, "āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻ¤া āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻ¨āĻ°েāĻ¨ āĻ¤োāĻ° āĻŦেāĻĻাāĻ¨্āĻ¤েāĻ° āĻĻিāĻ• āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻ¨ā§Ÿ।"āĻŦিāĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿে āĻŦিāĻ­িāĻ¨্āĻ¨āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦ্āĻ§ āĻŦোāĻ§েāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻĒাāĻ°āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻ°িāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻĒāĻ°্āĻ• āĻāĻŦং āĻ¤াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸াāĻ§āĻ¨েāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯াāĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒুāĻ°ুāĻˇāĻ—āĻŖেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻ¯ে āĻĻ্āĻŦāĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻŦ āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¤ে āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻ¤াāĻ° āĻ†āĻ­াāĻ¸ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°া āĻāĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ‡ āĻĒেā§Ÿে āĻĨাāĻ•ি। āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻœāĻ—āĻ¨্āĻŽাāĻ¤া, āĻ…āĻ¨্āĻ¯āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ। 

We are reminded of the Swami’s own words, heard long ago, “The impersonal God, seen through the mists of sense, is personal.”

In truth it might well be that the two ideas could not be reconciled. Both conceptions could not be equally true at the same time. It is clear enough that in the end, as a subjective realisation, either the Mother must become Brahman, or Brahman the Mother. One of the two must melt into the other, the question of which, in any particular case, depending on the destiny and the past of the worshipping soul.

āĻ…āĻ¨েāĻ•āĻĻিāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ—ে āĻ¸্āĻŦাāĻŽীāĻœিāĻ° āĻ•াāĻ› āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻļোāĻ¨া āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ—ুāĻ˛ি āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻĒā§œে, "āĻ‡āĻ¨্āĻĻ্āĻ°িā§ŸāĻœ্āĻžাāĻ¨েāĻ° āĻ•ুāĻšেāĻ˛িāĻ•াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻĻিā§Ÿে āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ˛ে āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽāĻ•ে āĻ¸āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ˛ে āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšā§Ÿ।" āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ে āĻāĻŸাāĻ‡ āĻšā§ŸāĻ¤ো āĻ িāĻ• āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻুāĻ‡ āĻ­াāĻŦেāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨্āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸াāĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ“āĻ ে āĻ¨া। āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿে āĻĻুāĻŸি āĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖা āĻ¸āĻŽাāĻ¨āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ¸āĻ¤্āĻ¯ি āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে āĻ¨া। āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāĻˇে āĻāĻŸাāĻ‡ āĻ¸্āĻĒāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ“āĻ ে āĻ¯ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ­ূāĻ¤িāĻ¤ে āĻšā§Ÿ āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ•ে āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ‰āĻ āĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ¨āĻ¤ুāĻŦা āĻŦ্āĻ°āĻš্āĻŽāĻ•ে āĻŽাāĻ¤ৃāĻ°ূāĻĒে (āĻļāĻ•্āĻ¤িāĻ°ূāĻĒে) āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻšāĻŦে। āĻ•োāĻ¨āĻŸি āĻ•াāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§্āĻ¯ে āĻŦিāĻ˛ীāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ¤া āĻ¸াāĻ§āĻ• āĻŦিāĻļেāĻˇে āĻ…āĻĻৃāĻˇ্āĻŸ āĻ“ āĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŦāĻœāĻ¨্āĻŽেāĻ° āĻ¸ংāĻ¸্āĻ•াāĻ°েāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻ°্āĻ­āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ে।

 For my own part, the conversation I have related marked an epoch. Ever since it took place, I have thought I saw in my Master’s attitude a certain element of one who carried for another a trust confided to him. He would always, when asked to explain the image of Kali, speak of it as the book of experience, in which the soul turns page after page, only to find that there is nothing in it, after all. And this, to my own mind, is the final explanation. Kali the Mother is to be the worship of the Indian future. In Her name will her sons find it possible to sound many experiences to their depths. And yet, in the end, their hearts will return to the ancient wisdom, and each man will know, when his hour comes, that all his life was but as a dream. 

Who does not remember the Veda-like words of the Gita?— “Not, verily, by avoiding action, can a man rise to this inaction!” May we not, similarly, know for a certainty that not without going through this experience can we reach the realisation at the end? Through the Mother to Brahman, through new life and knowledge, and many changes, through the struggles, the victories, and the defeats of the immediate future, to that safe haven of the soul where all is One, and all is peace? As I look more and more closely into the life of that great Teacher whom I have followed, I see each day with growing-clearness, how he himself was turning the pages of the book of experience, and that it was only when he had come to the last word that he could lie back like a weary child, in the arms of his Mother, to be wrapped away at last into the Supreme Revelation, knowing that ‘all this was but a dream!

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