Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

things, I only meditate on God. One dayHanuman was asked the date. He said, ‘I don’tknow either the day or the position of the stars.I only contemplate Rama.’“Can one ever understand His works? God is sonear to us – yet we don’t know Him. Balaramdid not recognize Krishna as the Lord.”Mani — Yes, sir. You said the same thing aboutBhishma Deva.Sri Ramakrishna — Yes, yes. Please tell mewhat I said about him.Mani — Bhishma Deva wept as he lay on a bedof arrows. The Pandavas said to Sri Krishna,‘Brother, how strange this is! So spirituallywise is our grandfather [4] and yet he weeps atthe thought of death.’ Sri Krishna replied,‘Please ask him why he is crying.’ Bhishmasaid, ‘I am crying because I fail to understandanything of God doings. Krishna, youaccompany the Pandavas wherever they go,protecting them at every step. Even then, thereis no end to their troubles.’Sri Ramakrishna — God has hidden everythingwith His maya. He doesn’t let you understandanything. ‘Lust and greed’ constitute maya.Only he who removes the veil of maya canbehold His vision. I was explaining to