GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA
come on board a steamer which had just landed and was lying at anchor before the Ghat. A short while after Keshab's disciples came in and bowed down before the Bhagavan, saying: "Keshab Babu has sent us to Thee with the Ramakrishna goes on board the steamer. request that Thou wilt kindly join him, if it so please Thy Holiness." Sri Ramakrisnna consented and, accompanied by several of His devotees, was taken by Keshab's disciples to the steamer.
As the small boat which carried the Bhagavan came alongside, everybody was eager to have a glimpse of the Blessed One and crowded to the gangway. Keshab was anxious to see that He got on board in safety. Mahendra,[1] who had been there for some time, looked at Him Ramakrish- na's ecstasy. and noticed that He was in Samadhi and as motionless as a statue. It was with great difficulty that He was brought back to sense-consciousness once more in order to be taken into the cabin on the upper deck. The state of Divine ecstasy had not entirely left Him even then. He leaned on a disciple as He was led to the cabin. His body moved
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