History of Bengali Language and Literature c9.s2.46

c9.s2.46

Nimāi set out for Gayā; his life, his conversation and ways became altogether changed. He would speak but few words, and left Kumār Hatta as in a trance. While leaving, he took a handful of dust from the place and tied it in a corner of his cloth and said, "This is the dust of the place where Içvara Purī was born. It is sacred,—it is dearer to me than all that I have, nay than life itself." He stood there absorbed in a reverie and seemed to see nothing around.