Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

fall into the whirlpool of avidya (ignorance), Thakur’s desirewould not be fulfilled through him. So with a keen sight hewould keep observing whether some knot was not formingwithin M. When he made sure that M. had become efficient,Thakur said to him in January, 1884, ‘Now go and live athome. Let them know as if you are their own but be sure inyour mind that you are not theirs, nor they are yours.’Throughout his life Mahendra Nath practised this mantra ofsannyasa in household. Thakur would always say, ‘Be in theworld but not of the world.’ Thakur said to him, ‘Your eyesand forehead show as if a yogi has come here while practisingausterity, as if you are an intimate companion of ChaitanyaDeva.’"I recognised you from your reading of ChaitanyaBhagavata.""You belong to the class of the perfect by nature.""Do you know what you are! Narada began transmittingBrahmajnana to all (to Sanat, Sanatan and others). So Brahmabound him in maya by a curse.""You will be able to recognise all people.""You are my intimate companion. Had it not been so, howcould your mind have been so much on this side even whenlacked nothing worldly.""Mother, do grant Your darshan to him again and again.Otherwise, how will attend to both sides? Let him keep both.What is the need of renouncing all at once? Yet may ThyYour wish prevail. You may make him renounce all later on if