Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

window. The companions don’t know herhusband, so they ask her, ‘Is that yourhusband?’ The girl smiles a little and says,‘No.’ Pointing to another person, the girls ask,‘Is that one your husband?’ She again says,‘No.’ Again they point at a third person and askher, ‘Is that your husband?’ She again says,‘No.’ At last they point to her husband and ask,‘Is that your husband?’ Then the girl saysneither ‘yes’ nor ‘no’ – she only smilessuddenly with a short catch of her breath; sheremains silent. Her companions then know thathe is her husband. When one attains theknowledge of Brahman, one becomes silent.”Company of the holy – duties of a householder(To Mani) “Well, why do I talk so much?”Mani — You talk to awaken the spiritualconsciousness of the devotees. You yourselfsay that if one puts unbaked luchi [6] in boilingghee, it makes a sizzling sound.Thakur talks about Hazra to M.Sri Ramakrishna — Do you know what thenature of a saintly person is? He doesn’t hurtanybody, he doesn’t harass anybody. Somepeople have such a nature that, when invited to