A CERTAIN sadhu lived for some time in the room above the nahavat-khana (concert-room) of the temple of Dakshineswar. He did not speak with anybody and spent his whole time in the meditation of God. One day, all of a sudden, a cloud darkened the sky and shortly afterwards a high wind blew away the cloud. The holy man now came out of his room and began to laugh and dance in the verandah in front of the concert-room. Upon this I asked him, “How is it that you, who spend your days so quietly in your room, are dancing in joy and feel so jolly today?” The holy man replied, “Such is Maya that envelops the life!”
At first there is clear sky, all of a sudden a cloud darkens it and presently everything is as before once more. (33)