One day Jagannath Mishra left for the town of nawadwip for some work. During the day, gaura hari, sat on a pile of old used cooking pots. These pots had blackened and the soot was all over the golden form of Nimai. People went to Sachi mata and said, “Your son is sitting on a…

Meanwhile, since his studies had stopped, Nimai became uncontrollable in his restless mischief. Jagananth mishra told his wife Sachi, “let Nimai do what he wants as long as he stays home and doesn’t study.” Amongst many pranks, Nimai’s favourite was to go out in the morning with his friends and scout the neighbourhood. They would…

When Nimai and his parents learnt of this, they were devastated. They hearts broken, they cried incessantly. Nimai fell unconscious in grief; he felt immense separation from his brother. The entire town of nadia was saddened. The relatives of Jagannath Mishra and mother Sachi consoled the family. They told Nimai’s parents, “You are actually fortunate.…