One night Purna was studying alone in his room when he suddenly noticed M. standing outside near his window. He immediately came out and M. whispered to him: “The Master is waiting for you at the junction of Shyampukur Street and Cornwallis Street [now Bidhan Sarani]. Please come with me.” The Master was extremely pleased to see Purna. He said: “I have brought sandesh for you. Please eat it.” The Master fed Purna with his own hands. Overwhelmed with emotion, Purna began to cry. The three of them then went to M.’s house, where the Master gave Purna some instructions on spiritual disciplines.
In connection with this incident, Kumud Bandhu Sen wrote an interesting reminiscence:
One evening I was talking to Purna about Girish’s love and devotion for the Master. In the course of conversation I said, “Last night Girish mentioned something wonderful.” Purna asked curiously, “What did he say?” I replied: “Girish said: ‘Who could understand Sri Ramakrishna? Do you think the Master’s disciples have understood him? But those who have tasted a drop of his love have realized that the Master’s pure divine love was above the world and even beyond any paternal love. God can hide everything except His unbounded love. The disciples and the devotees get intoxicated tasting a little of that love. Otherwise, who, however great he may be, can comprehend the infinite nature of God?’”
As soon as I told him what Girish had said, Purna’s face became red and his eyes filled with tears. Grabbing my hand, he took me from his room to the junction of Shyampukur Street and Cornwallis Street and said to me in a choked voice, “Here — here I experienced that love of the Master.” I had never before seen Purna so emotional. Outwardly he had always been very calm and serious by nature. That night, when I saw his radiant face in the street light, I was speechless. He then said, his voice still choked with emotion: “It is true. Girish is right. Who can understand the Master? Who can measure his unmotivated, unconditional love? I was a mere boy. What did I know about him? His superhuman love made me convinced that he was God incarnate.” (Source: They Lived with God)
In his autobiography, Swami Abhedananda wrote about an incident concerning Purna:
One day a young man named Purna Chandra Ghosh came to Dakshineswar. Seeing him, the mood of Gopala [the child Krishna] arose in Sri Ramakrishna’s mind. The Master experienced great delight in feeding him. Purna was then a student of the Oriental Seminary. Knowing that the school was close to my house, the Master one day said to me: “Purna is a good boy. He reminds me of Gopala and I wish to feed him. When his school is over, invite him to your house and feed him sandesh which I shall give you.” I said, “Yes, I will do that.” This made the Master very happy. He smiled and said, “You will act as my messenger, just as Vrinda [a gopi] acted as Radha’s messenger to Krishna.” Then he handed me a big mango and some sandesh. I carried them home according to the Master’s instruction.
After school hours were over I met Purna and brought him to our home at Nimu Goswami Lane. With my own hands I fed him the mango and sandesh which the Master had given me for him. Purna ate them heartily and said with tearful eyes: “Ah! How kind and affectionate the Master is! His love and affection surpass even that of our parents. The Master gave you so much trouble just to feed me!” From that time on Purna and I were very close. The next day I went to Dakshineswar and told the Master about Purna. He was delighted to hear my story. (Source: They Lived with God)