Sri Ramakrishna had been invited to visit the homes of his devotees Balaram, Adhar, and Ram in Calcutta. Devotional music had been arranged by Adhar and Ram. The Mater was accompanied in the carriage by Rakhal, M. and others. As they drove along, Sri Ramakrishna said to the devotees :” You see, sin flies away when the love of God flows in a man’s heart, even as the water of the reservoir dug in a meadow dries up under the heat of the sun. But one cannot love God if one feels attracted to worldly things.”
(p. Saturday, June 2, 1883, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)