Mathur had tested Sri Ramakrishna in many ways before he surrendered himself to him and sought his guidance. He offered money, gold, and property to the Master, but they were all rejected. Sri Ramakrishna’s mind was free from greed. He engaged beautiful girls to tempt the Master and found that his mind was far above lust. Mathur treated Sri Ramakrishna like a god, offering him the utmost honour. This did not in the least affect Sri Ramakrishna, who was free from ego. Observing the Master’s superhuman nature, Mathur one day declared: “Hriday, my wife, children, wealth, position, and everything are unreal. Sri Ramakrishna alone is real.”
Mathur and Sri Ramakrishna developed an unusual relationship. Mathur would sometimes regard Sri Ramakrishna as his spiritual father and other times as an innocent, carefree boy. For his part, Sri Ramakrishna often treated Mathur as his son or disciple, and at other times he considered himself to be a child of the Divine Mother and Mathur to be the caretaker of Her property. In this mood he gave orders to Mathur, who actually was his employer and he, Sri Ramakrishna, the employee. However, whenever Mathur was in trouble he would go straight to Sri Ramakrishna in Dakshineswar for help. Once he ordered his guards to take part in a brutal gang fight with the guards of a rival landlord. When the news reached him that a man had been killed, Mathur came to his senses and realized that he would be prosecuted. He pleaded with the Master to save him. Sri Ramakrishna rebuked him, saying: “Rascal, you will create a row every day and come and cry, ‘Save me!’ What can I do? Go and suffer the consequences.” But at last, seeing Mathur’s deep anguish, the Master said, “Well, it will be as Mother wills.” Mathur escaped arrest.
Another time, when Mathur was involved in a lawsuit, he asked Sri Ramakrishna to offer a flower to the Divine Mother for him without telling the Master his intention. He firmly believed that he would receive the Mother’s blessings through Sri Ramakrishna. The Master offered the flower unsuspectingly and Mathur won the case.
The Master always protected Mathur in his difficulties, but sometimes, it was he who would run like a child to Mathur for help. The scriptures say: “An illumined soul, established in the Self, wanders in the world, sometimes like a madman, sometimes like a child, and at other times like an unclean spirit. Sometimes he behaves like a fool, and sometimes like a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, and sometimes he is a penniless mendicant.” One day the Master became greatly worried because a worm had come out of his body with the urine, and he told Mathur about it. Now Mathur was very intelligent and had great presence of mind. He quickly reassured the Master: “It is good, Father, that it happened. Everyone has a worm in his body that generates lust. It is this lust-worm which creates various bad thoughts in the mind and forces a person to commit evil actions. It is the grace of the Mother that the lust-worm has left your body. Why are you so worried about it?” Mathur’s reply greatly relieved and comforted the Master. (Source: They Lived with Them)