Ramakrishna disliked carelessness in people. If a person is forgetful in minor things, he will be forgetful in the vital aspects of life. On 25 May 1884 Sri Ramakrishna went to the Panchavati, where arrangements had been made for kirtan (devotional singing). Gopal carried an umbrella for the Master. Suddenly there was a rainstorm. The Master returned to his room with the devotees, and the musician continued her songs there.
“Have you brought the umbrella?” the Master asked Gopal.
“No, sir,” Gopal replied, “I forgot all about it while listening to the music.” Gopal rushed to the Panchavati and brought back the umbrella.
The Master said: “I am generally unmindful about the world, but not to that extent. Rakhal also is very careless. Referring to the date of an invitation, he says ‘the eleventh’ instead of ‘the thirteenth.’ And Gopal — he belongs in a herd of cows!” (The word gopal also means “herd of cows.”) (Source: God Lived with Them)