After the drama, which was on the life of the great devotee Prahlada, Girish asked Sri Ramakrishna, “How did you like the performance?” Sri Ramakrishna replied: “I found that it was God Himself who was acting the different parts. Those who played the female parts seemed to me the direct embodiments of the Blissful Mother.”
On this occasion Sri Ramakrishna said to Girish, “There is some crookedness in your heart.” Girish thought to himself: “Yes, indeed. Plenty of it — of various kinds.” Then he asked the Master, “How shall I get rid of it?” Sri Ramakrishna replied, “Have faith.”
One afternoon Girish went to the theatre and found a note saying that Sri Ramakrishna would be visiting Ram Chandra Datta’s house in Calcutta that day. Girish suddenly felt an irresistible desire to see the Master. He left the theatre for Ram Datta’s house, even though he did not know him and had not received a formal invitation. He later wrote in his memoirs: “It was evening. Sri Ramakrishna was dancing in ecstasy in the courtyard. There was singing accompanied by a drum. The devotees were dancing in a circle around Sri Ramakrishna. The words of the song were, ‘Nadia is shaken by the surging waves of divine love emanating from the heart of Gauranga.’ The courtyard seemed a sea of bliss. Tears filled my eyes. Sri Ramakrishna suddenly became still. He was absorbed in samadhi. The devotees began to take the dust of his feet. I wanted to do the same, but I could not, as I was shy. I was thinking of what others might say if I went to Sri Ramakrishna and took the dust of his feet. No sooner had this thought crossed my mind than Sri Ramakrishna, coming down from samadhi, began dancing again. While dancing he came in front of me and stood still, once more absorbed in samadhi. Now there was no longer any hesitation on my part to touch his feet. I took the dust of his feet.
“After the music Sri Ramakrishna came and sat in the drawing room. I followed him. Then he began to talk to me. I asked him, ‘Will the crookedness go out of my heart?’ He said, ‘Yes, it will go.’ Again I asked him the same question, and he gave the same reply. I repeated it once more, and he said the same thing.” (Source: They Lived with God)