পাদুৰী চাহাব
দীন—তেওঁৰ কথা তুমি বিশ্বাস কৰানে?
চাহাব—কিয় নকৰিম?
দীন—তেৱোঁ যদি মই কোৱা কথাকে কয়, মানিবানে?
চাহাব—মানিব পাৰোঁ।
দীনবন্ধুৱে বেগটো মেলি কিতাব এখন উলিয়াই তাৰে এডোখৰ চাহাবক পঢ়িবলৈ দিলে। চাহাবে একান্ত মনে পঢ়িলে। পঢ়া হ’লত কিছু সময়ৰ পিচত ঘূৰাই দিম বুলি কিতাপখন লৈ কেবিনত সোমাল[*] অলপ পিচতে চাহাব ওলাই আহি দীনবন্ধুক কেবিনলৈ মাতিলে। দীনবন্ধুৱে ক'লে—“মাফ কৰিবা, মই তৃতীয় শ্ৰেণীৰ যাত্ৰী হৈ তাত সোমাব নোৱাৰো। প্ৰয়োজন হ'লে ইয়াতে কথা পাতিব পাৰোঁ।
- ^ কিতাপখনৰ সেই ডোখৰত স্বামীজীৰ সম্পৰ্কে এনেকৈ লিখা আছিল :-
This monk was of commanding appearance and vast learning speaking English like Webster, The American Protestants who outnumbered all others, imagined that they would have an easy task and commenced proceeding with the greatest confidence and with the air of Just see me wipe you out. However, what they had to say was the common place twaddle that had been mouthed over and over again in every little hamlet from Nava Scotia to California. It interested no one and no one noticed it. When, however, Vivekananda spoke they say they had a Napoleon to deal with. His first speech was no less than a revelation. Every word was eagerly taken down by the reporters and telegraphed all over the country where it appeared in thousands of papers. Vivekanada became the lion of the day. He soon had an immense following. No hall could hold the people who flocked to hear him lecture. They had been sending silly girls and half-educated. simpletons of men, and millions of dollars to Asia for years to convert the poor
benighted heathen and save his alleged soul; and here was a
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