ABSTRACT
The Master’s holy company had brought about a change, hardly noticed by others, in Sarada’s conduct, her movements, and her life in general. At last Sarada decided to go to Dakshineswar and see things with her own eyes. Since, like the average Hindu young woman, she was too shy to speak to her father about it, a girl friend acted on her behalf. Her father agreed to accompany his daughter himself. The party arrived at Dakshineswar at nine o’clock in the evening. As Sarada was alighting from the boat, she heard Sri Ramakrishna saying to Hriday from his porch on the river: “This is her first visit”. Sri Ramakrishna now set himself to the task of testing the depth and genuineness of his knowledge of Brahman. But he also wanted to discharge the unfinished duties towards his wife which he had begun at Kamarpukur and which had been interrupted by his attention to spiritual practices at Dakshineswar.
