In the course of becoming Paramhamsa, Ramakrishna Paramhamsa Ji (Thakur Ji) experiences several incidents in his family. He loses his elder brother. His old mother is left alone in Kamarpukar. His elder brother’s one of the sons is married and, the other named Ramlal meets Thakur Ji for resolving his job problems.
Thakur Ji tells Mathur Ji, “I must go to meet mother.” Mathur Babu makes arrangements and, they leave for Kamarpukar. Thakur Ji requests his mother, saying, “Mother, kindly come with me to Dakshineshwar.” Mother agrees. (Thakur Ji always saw his mother as Mother Kali and, even his mother bore him in her womb, perceiving him as an incarnation of Vishnu.)
They come to Dakshineshwar. Mathur Babu has made several rooms for Thakur Ji and his mother. The room for his mother is called Naubat Khana, which has a netted wall, through which the mother can see Thakur Ji sitting in the adjacent room.
Mathur Babu thinks, “Baba never receives anything from us. I must serve mother with the best I can.” He goes to mother and greets her, saying, “Maa.” The mother blesses him. He says, “Mother, I wish to ask something from you. Kindly forgive me for it turns out to be offending. Baba never receives anything. How can I serve you? You can ask anything you need.” Mother says, “Ok, son. I am obliged. But, I don’t need anything.” Mathur Babu leaves and comes the next day with the same question. Mother denies and says, “Son, I don’t need anything.” Mathur Babu comes to her, every day, but never receives any command for service. Mathur Babu asks her, “Why don’t you need anything, mother?” She replies, “Mother Kali, Mother Annapurna, is before me. She gives me everything I need. Why should I ask someone if I have my mother with me?” Mathur Babu returns with a sad face. In reality, the mother has only a pair of clothes, which she wears consecutively. She receives the prasad prepared in the mandir in the morning and the evening, with no other wishes.
One evening, he holds Thakur Ji’s mother’s feet and cries, saying, “Mother! You must ask something from me.” Mother looks around with a tense outlook to find an object she may need. Mother says, “Son, get me some toothpowder worth two paise.” Mathur Babu holds his head and thinks, “This is the reason behind the magnificent progress of Baba in the path to Mother Kali. He can only be the son of such a pious mother.”
Now, the time for Mathur Babu’s departure has arrived. He is ill. Thakur Ji is a sannyasi by mind and thus never goes to anyone’s place. Mathur Babu’s son comes to Thakur Ji and says, “My father is ill. Kindly help him.” Thakur Ji says, “Don’t worry, son. His time has come. All shall be good.” The young boy feels offended and thinks, “My father served such a ruthless saint his entire life. This old man can’t even come to see my father.” Thakur Ji smiles and says, “Son, I don’t need anything from you. Though your father has told you to look after me after his departure, I don’t need anything. My mother Kali is everything for me.” Thakur Ji never receives even a paise from Mathur Babu’s family ever after.
Mathur Babu is on his death bed and, his son is sitting beside him. In the mandir, Thakur Ji is losing his sense of gross consciousness and merging in Samadhi. Hriday and Ramlal are sitting near him. Thakur Ji says, “Mother Kali has come to receive Mathur Babu. He is becoming one with Mother, in an enlightening way.” Ramlal, the clever man, jots down the date and time of Mathur Babu’s departure, what Thakur Ji quoted. Within fifteen minutes, a servant comes running from Mathur Babu’s house and says, “Mathur Babu is not anymore.” Thakur Ji remains in Samadhi for long hours. After descending from the Bhava Samadhi, he says, “Mathur merged with me.”
In Mathur Babu’s house, all the family members see a divine light rising from Mathur Babu’s body and merging with Thakur Ji, standing before the bed. Though Thakur Ji is in Bhava Samadhi in the mandir, he frees Mathur Babu from all sufferings.
Moral: Mathur Babu was a king who did many manipulations and sins in his life. But, his pure paternal love for Thakur Ji freed him. Thakur Ji took all his sufferings and bore them in his existence, freeing Mathur Babu. Thakur Ji loved everyone equally. Even Mathur Babu’s son reached divine heights but, the doubts in his mind made him suffer. Thakur Ji’s mother’s sense of contentment is worth to be imbibed. Love is important, nothing else. Other things are secondary.