1. O Lord! Thou hast blessed me with Thy vision and Thou hast driven all my troubles away.
A charm Thou hast thrown over my soul.

2. Beholding Thee as the Reality, the seven worlds have forgotten their grief!
Not to speak of my poor self, so worthy of Thy pity and Thy loving-kindness!

Listening to the song the Bhagavan had once more lost all consciousness of the outer world. His eyes were closed. His body and limbs moved not He was in deep Samadhi. When

the Samadhi was over he asked: "Who will take me home to the temple?" A child looking for a companion! Left alone, he saw nothing but darkness about. It was getting late and it was the night of the tenth day of the dark fortnight. Sri Ramakrishna wished to go back to the Temple at Dakshineswara. He seated Himself in the carriage which was to take Him there. The disciples stood on either side of the carriage to see Him off. Even now was He deep drunk with the joy of the Lord! The carriage rolled away. The disciples looked after it for a few moments, then dispersed each to his own home.

Footnotes

^347:* See note <page 140>.

^347:+ See note <page 7>.

^348:* See note page <page 33>.

^350:* Girish Chunder Ghosh, the greatest Hindu poet, dramatist and actor of modern India. He is the founder and manager of many theatres in Calcutta. He is regarded as the Garrick of India. He translated Shakespeare's Macbeth into Bengali and played the part of the hero with wonderful ability and originality. He is a genius and the most devoted householder disciple of Ramakrishna.

^350:+ See note <page 177>.

^350:++ Latoo, the devoted servant of Ramakrishna. Although he is illiterate he has reached the height of spiritual ecstasy through his whole-hearted service and devotion for his Divine Master. He is now one of the Sannyasin disciples of Ramakrishna.

^350: section Babu Chunilall Bose is a gentle householder disciple of Ramakrishna.

^356:* Naran was a young householder disciple of Ramakrishna.

^364:* Nityagopal was a devoted Bhakta who reached a very high state of spiritual ecstasy (Bhava). He was a young man who lived like a Sannyasin, although he did not join the order. Occasionally he used to come to Sri Ramakrishna to pay his respects and regarded Him as the Incarnation of Krishna.