The legend of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa -

Pranams at the lotus feet of Thakurji!

Chapter – 23

All these years Hridhayram was doing sincere service to Thakurji, he became a noted personality in the temple of Dhakshineshwar, there was no one to rule him after the expiry of Rani Rasmoni and Madhuranath Biswas, whenever Thakurji went into transcendental state, Hridhayram would take advantage of Thakurji and gained benefit out of it.  The crowd was increased immensely due to the glories of Thakurji, they came to meet Thakurji and get blessings from him, devotees offer valuable clothes and gifts, all those were utilized by Hridhayram.  He started playing evil tricks on devotees who have nothing to offer, he tells them that Thakurji is not available, he is not well, you will not get Dharshan of him, etc.. Hridhayram open doors for the people who pay huge contributions and gifts,  Once Lakshminarayan Marwadi paid nearly ten thousand rupees to Hridhayram, to meet Thakurji, but Thakurji refused to accept the money, but Hridhayram was heartbroken at the act of his uncle, he was disappointed to see his uncle did not even ask for supernatural powers from Ma Kali, he does not even want to prove the world about his inherited magical powers, he is ignoring the presence of Goddess Mahalakshmi, with all these he became hostile towards his uncle, he started himself acting as a holy saint, he started singing Bhajans and moving all around,  Thakurji was very much disturbed about the wickedness of Hridhayram, he went inside the shrine and spoke before Jaganmatha ‘Ma my all the bondage has lost, will you keep away myself from the insult of Hridhayram’.  Once Thakurji said ‘I am fed up of the wickedness of Hridhayram and wanted to jump into the waters of Ganga and get relieved from all these, my suicide will bring grief to my disciple,’ once again he went to Ma Kali and prayed ‘Ma do not worry about anything, maybe Hridhay likes me very much, that is why he is behaving like this, please forgive him.’ There was no doubt Hridhayram was doing service to Thakurji while he was going through the miserable time with the sufferings of throat cancer, Thakurji used to tell that the soul is residing in this body because of Hridhayram’s service, he is the only one know to take care of his body, none could touch Thakurji's feet in his presence.  A noble soul will not let others touch their feet, because of the touch of a wicked on the feet of Noble soul would absorb the sins of the wicked people.  Once a person afflicted with leprosy approached Thakurji and requested him to touch his body so that he can get relieved from the sufferings of leprosy, Thakurji said ‘I know nothing, as you said I can place my hand on your body, If Ma Kali wishes you will get rid of illnesses.’ He placed his hand on the leprosy patient, after that he felt pain on his hands for several days. Later that patient got cured of the illness but Thakurji had to pay price for it.