Memoires of another day - XVI- by Arun Roy Mukherjee

XVI : One evening, there was a religious function in that house. Gurudev came and a congregation was held in the Baithakkhana of the house. It was a very big room and could easily accommodate about forty/fifty people. Gurudev sat on a low dias on one side and the audience sat on carpets on the floor. Gurudev started his discourse. He was an accomplished lectuerer and almost charmed the audience by his dramatic skill in presenting the stories from the life of Sri Krishna. I now do not remember the subject matter of his lecture of that evening. But he was describing a scene where some important person gathered and were discussing something important among them when that important person felt that someone was standing outside the door and wanted to meet and talk to him. He then called out to the person to come in. Gurudev was describing this scene in a very dramatic manner. He was almost acting the roles of the various persons in the story. While describing this scene, Gurudev suddenly brought a smile on his face and looked askance at the door which was on the left from where he was sitting and said "Ke re ? Ke okhane ? Aye, bhetore aye." ( Who is it ? Who is there ? Come in, please."). The moment he uttered the words, a farm-labourer, who worked in the farm belonging to the master of the house and came there on the occasion of the religious function and standing just outside the room near the door, appeared with a big smile on his face "Enge, Ami Karta". (It is me, My Lord."). A loud laughter broke out in the hall.