Mahatma Ashwin Kumar with Sri Ramakrishna & Swami Vivekananda
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Suchay Deshpande
Dec 8, 2012, 11:35:02 PM12/8/12
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Respected devotees,
I would like to share with you all the below one:
Mahatma Aswini Kumar Dutta met Sri Ramakrishna four or five times. In the Kathamrita, (the original Bengali version of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna) there is
an appendix (‘Appendix B’ in The Gospel translated by Swami Nikhilananda) which contains a letter written by Aswini Kumar to Mahendranath Gupta, Sri M.. Sri M. was his friend and classmate who used to send him parts of
Kathamrita as and when they were published. After receiving the fourth part, Aswini Kumar wrote the letter to Sri M. that reveals that all his meetings with Sri Ramakrishna were very interesting and they relate to the history of our culture.
One day Sri Ramakrishna desired that Aswini Kumar should meet Narendranath. He asked him to go to Ram Datta’s house where Narendra would be available in the evening and he would sing songs. Accordingly, he went to Ram Babu’s house and met Narendra. Sri Ramakrishna was also there. Aswini Kumar writes: ‘He asked Narendra to talk with me. But Narendra said: “I have a bad headache today. I don’t feel like talking.” I replied, “Then let us put it off till another day.”
‘And that came to pass in May or June of 1897, at Almora. The will of the Master had to be fulfilled, and it was fulfilled after twelve years. Ah, how happily I spent those few days with Swami Vivekananda at Almora! Sometimes at his house, sometimes at mine, and one day on the top of a hill with nobody accompanying us. I never met him after that. It was as if to fulfil the Master’s wish that we saw each other at Almora.’
In that letter Aswini Kumar has made some very historic comments. He writes: I saw the Master not more than four or five times; but in that short time we became so intimate that I felt as if we had been classmates. How much liberty I took while speaking with him! But no sooner had I left his presence than it flashed on me: ‘Goodness gracious! Think where I have been!’ What I saw and received in those few days has sweetened my whole life. The Elysian smile of his, laden with nectar, I have locked up in the secret closet of my memory. That is the unending treasure of a hapless person like myself. A thrill of joy passes through my heart when I think how a grain of the bliss shed from that laughter has been sweetening the lives of millions, even in distant America. If that be my case, you may very well understand how lucky you are.
Kathamrita as and when they were published. After receiving the fourth part, Aswini Kumar wrote the letter to Sri M. that reveals that all his meetings with Sri Ramakrishna were very interesting and they relate to the history of our culture.
One day Sri Ramakrishna desired that Aswini Kumar should meet Narendranath. He asked him to go to Ram Datta’s house where Narendra would be available in the evening and he would sing songs. Accordingly, he went to Ram Babu’s house and met Narendra. Sri Ramakrishna was also there. Aswini Kumar writes: ‘He asked Narendra to talk with me. But Narendra said: “I have a bad headache today. I don’t feel like talking.” I replied, “Then let us put it off till another day.”
‘And that came to pass in May or June of 1897, at Almora. The will of the Master had to be fulfilled, and it was fulfilled after twelve years. Ah, how happily I spent those few days with Swami Vivekananda at Almora! Sometimes at his house, sometimes at mine, and one day on the top of a hill with nobody accompanying us. I never met him after that. It was as if to fulfil the Master’s wish that we saw each other at Almora.’
In that letter Aswini Kumar has made some very historic comments. He writes: I saw the Master not more than four or five times; but in that short time we became so intimate that I felt as if we had been classmates. How much liberty I took while speaking with him! But no sooner had I left his presence than it flashed on me: ‘Goodness gracious! Think where I have been!’ What I saw and received in those few days has sweetened my whole life. The Elysian smile of his, laden with nectar, I have locked up in the secret closet of my memory. That is the unending treasure of a hapless person like myself. A thrill of joy passes through my heart when I think how a grain of the bliss shed from that laughter has been sweetening the lives of millions, even in distant America. If that be my case, you may very well understand how lucky you are.
Thanks & Regards,
Suchay
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