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Swami Trigunatitananda

Quite often he would miss classes in order to be with the Master. Sri Ramakrishna gave spiritual instructions to this sincere young disciple, fed him, and asked Holy Mother to pay his carriage fare. Whenever Sarada came to Dakshineswar, Holy Mother would keep money on the step of nahabat as she knew Sarada had  come surreptitiously, eluding his father's watchful eyes. One day Sri Ramakrishna sent Sarada to Holy Mother for spiritual instruction and mentioned her infinite power, quoting a Bengali couplet: 

Radha's infinite power of maya is beyond description,

Millions of Krishnas and Ramas evolve, abide, and dissolve in it.

Although Sarada was Sri Ramakrishna's disciple, Holy Mother later gave him formal initiation. As far as the record shows, Jogin and Sarada were the only two monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna who were initiated by Holy Mother.