GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
will bless him. Thou doest Thy work, O Divine Mother! People say by mistake, "I do it." Two are the occasions when the Lord smiles. First, when brothers remove the chains which partition off the family property, saying: "This is mine and that is thine"; and secondly, when the physician of a dying patient declares: "I shall make him live." Keshab then began to cough and could not remain longer, so he bowed down before the Bhagavan, saluted Him, and with great diffi-culty walked out of the room. Keshab 's eldest son was there. A Brahmo devotee said: Bha- gavan, lay Thy hand on his head and bless him. Ramakrishna replied: It is not for me to bless anyone. He then gently touched him on his arm and said to the Brahmo devotee: I cannot say to anyone, "Be thou cured." I never asked my Divine Mother for that power. I simply ask for pure love and nothing else.
Sri Ramakrishna then rose to leave. Ke-shab 's disciples accompanied Him to the door with great reverence, and He passed from the house with His disciples.
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