Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

human body, He too is enchanted by maya.Rama wandered about weeping in search ofSita. Bound by the five elements, evenBrahman laments.“Even so, remember, if God wills He canliberate Himself at once.”Bhavanath — A railway guard, of his own will,shuts himself in a coach, but he can come outwhenever he wants to.Sri Ramakrishna — Ishvarakotis, such asdivine incarnations, can be liberated wheneverthey want. But ordinary human beings cannot.Embodied beings are bound by ‘lust andgreed’. They have shut the doors and windowsof their houses and fastened them tightly withscrews. How can they come out?Bhavanath (smiling) — They are like thirdclass railway passengers. They are locked intheir compartments; they can’t get out.Girish — If a man is bound in this way from allsides, then what is the way for him?Sri Ramakrishna — He has nothing to fear ifGod, having come down as the guru, cutsasunder the bonds of maya.Is Thakur hinting that he himself has taken upa human body in the form of the Guru and is