(video) Narendranath and Ramakrishna (contd-1)

Sri Ramakrishna's room at Dakshineshswar (pic-1)

The western verandah of Sri Ramakrishna's
 room. ( pic-2)
 1879 after his family moved back to Calcutta, Narendra passed the entrance examination from the Presidency College, Calcutta. He subsequently studied western logic, western philosophy and history of European nations in the General Assembly's Institution (now known as the Scottish Church College). In 1881 he passed the Fine Arts examination and in 1884 he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Naren's first visit at Dakshineswar with Ramkrishna in Nov 1881;
Narendra entered the room of Ramakrishna by the western door. (pic-1). He seemed careless about his body and dress, and unlike other people , not mindful of the external world. his eyes bespoke an introspective mind, as if some part of it were always concentrated on something within. Ramakrishna  became surprised to see such a spiritual soul coming from the material atmosphere of Calcutta. A mat was spread on the floor. He sat on it just near the place where the big jar containing Ganga Water was kept. The friends with whom he had come  appeared to be ordinary young menwith the usual tendencies towards enjoyment. Narendra had learnt 3/4 Bengali songs only. On asking to sing them , he sang a Brahmo song;
O my mind
Go to your own abode
in he foreign land
Of this world
Why roam uselessly
like a stranger.
He sang the song with his whole heart and put such pathos into it that Ramakrishna couldn't control himself and fell into an ecstatic mood,

Then he took leave. But after that Ramkrishna felt such a  constant agonizing desire to see him ! At times the pain would be so excruciating that he felt as if his heart were being squeezed like wet towel .and he could no longer check himself ! This stage of things continued for six months.There were other boys also and to some of them he felt greatly drawn but nothing like the way he was attached to Narendra.