Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

Devendra’s Samaj in Jorashanko and sawKeshab seated on the dais meditating. He wasvery young then. I told Mathur Babu that onlythe ‘float’ of this young man, out of all thosemeditating, had dipped under water. The ‘fish’approached the ‘bait’ and circled around it.“A person – I shall not name him – gave a falsestatement in court for ten thousand rupees. Heasked me to make an offering to Mother Kali towin his lawsuit. Childish as I was, I made theoffering to Her. He had just said to me, ‘Father,make this offering to the Mother.’ ”The Devotee — What a mean fellow indeed!Sri Ramakrishna — But he had so much faithin me that he believed the Divine Motherwould grant his prayer if I made the offering.Referring to Lalit Babu’s talk, Sri Ramakrishnasays:“Is it possible to get rid of one’s pride? Thereare only a few people who are without pride.Balaram is one of them. (Pointing to a devotee)And this person too. Had they been anybodyelse, they would have parted their hair on oneside and shown other traits of tamas, puffed upwith the ego of learning. The fat brahmin stillhas a little pride. (To M.) Isn’t MahimaChakravarty very learned?”