Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

Sri Ramakrishna smiles a little.Surendra — I have been told that one shouldtake flowers and fruits when one visits the guruor a sadhu. That is why I have brought thesethings. I have spent money for you; God alonesees into one’s mind. There are some who feeluncomfortable when they have to spend even apice for the sake of God. And there are somewho do not mind spending a thousand rupees.God sees the devotion in a devotee’s heart andaccepts the offering.Thakur nods his agreement that Surendra isright. Surendra adds, “I couldn’t come to seeyou yesterday, the last day of the year [10] . ButI decorated your picture with flowers.”Sri Ramakrishna tells Mani by a sign, “Oh,what love and devotion!”Surendra — I bought these two garlands foryou on my way here. They cost four annas.Almost all the devotees have left. Thakur asksMani to gently massage his feet and to fan him.[1] Large knife fixed at right angle on a piece of wood used tocut vegetables and fish[2] Apradha bhanjan[3] These slippers are worshipped in the Belur Math now