GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
trouble yourself. It has already been paid by a friend. The Pandit then folded his hands and bent his head and body to make his Pranama (Saluta- Ramakrishna leaves Vidya-sagara. tion) to the Bhagavan. All assembled about the carriage did the same. The little group at the gate with the venerable Vidyasagara at their head still hold- ing the lighted candle in his hand, stood for a while looking in the direction of the carriage, wondering who this God-intoxicated Man might- be, so wise yet so child-like, so full of joy, so sweet, so godly! Verily a Light come down to set ablaze the dry bones of a workaday world! Embodied Love, like the dew of heaven falling on the dry thirsty heart of man! A Voice cry- ing unto sunken, self-weary man, "Thou must be born again and love!" A Healer from another clime of this strange disease of modern life! A Man among men, eager to solve for them the enigma of the universe !
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