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শ্রীরামকৃষ্ণ—সেদিন কলকাতায় গেলাম। গাড়িতে যেতে যেতে দেখলাম জীব সব নিম্নদৃষ্টি,—সব্বাইয়ের পেটের চিন্তা। সব পেটের জন্য দৌড়ুচ্ছে! সকলেরই মন কামিনী-কাঞ্চনে। তবে দুই-একটি দেখলাম ঊর্ধ্বদৃষ্টি,—ঈশ্বরের দিকে মন আছে।

In plain words

Sri Ramakrishna: I was in Calcutta the other day. As I went along in the carriage I saw that every creature's gaze was turned downward; all were thinking of their bellies. All are running about for the sake of the belly! Everyone's mind is on "woman and gold". But I did see one or two whose gaze was turned upward, whose minds were on God.