BIOGRAPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA 27But Narendra Nath was conquered by the loveof Sri Ramakrishna. He would now be coming toDakshineswar as often as he could. Sri Ramakrishnaalso would be eagerly waiting for him. If NarendraNath did not meet him for a long period, SriRamakrishna would pass sleepless nights. A mothersuffering bereavement of her only child does notfeel so much pang and anguish as Sri Ramakrishnadid at the absence of Narendra Nath. And whenNarendra Nath would come, at his very sight SriRamakrishna sometimes would go into ecstasy.There were many occasions when at the singing ofNarendra Nath, Sri Ramakrishna would be lost inSamadhi.Sri Ramakrishna saw the potential greatnessof Narendra Nath. He was all praise for him. If otherdevotees could be likened to stars, Narendra Nathwas a sun; if others were lotuses of six or ten orsixteen petals, Narendra Nath was a lotus of athousand petals. Narendra Nath was a liberatedsoul from his very birth, born on this earth for thegood of humanity. Often Sri Ramakrishna praisedNarendra Nath so much that the latter had toremonstrate with him, saying that thoseconclusions were the outcome of his weak mind—a mind weakened by too much love for him.With all his love for Sri Ramakrishna, Narendid not cease to wrestle with him. Naren did not