Manomohan soon began to realize that Sri Ramakrishna was not just an ordinary human being, but an Incarnation of God. After a few visits a desire came to Manomohan’s mind to serve the Master. One day he came to Dakshineswar and found the Master seated on his bed with his legs hanging down over the edge. Seeing Manomohan, Sri Ramakrishna drew up his feet and sat cross-legged. This hurt Manomohan and he said to the Master: “Why did you withdraw your feet? Please extend them as before. If you don’t I shall cut them off and carry them to my home so that the devotees may worship your blessed feet.” Sri Ramakrishna smiled and allowed Manomohan to massage his feet.
Manomohan was a very emotional and sensitive person. As an only son of his parents he was used to getting a lot of attention, and he expected the same from the Master. Furthermore, he was proud of his devotion. One day the Master praised Surendra’s devotion in front of everyone and did not say anything about Manomohan. Manomohan became so upset that he stopped visiting Sri Ramakrishna. When another devotee asked him why he was no longer coming to Dakshineswar, he replied: “Let the Master be happy with his devotees. I am nobody there.” The Master sent message after message to Manomohan to come to see him, but Manomohan refused. He finally asked a devotee to tell the Master that he would visit him after attaining devotion. In order to avoid Sri Ramakrishna’s messengers Manomohan even moved back to Konnagar and began commuting to his office in Calcutta again. But strangely enough, the more he tried to banish all thoughts of Sri Ramakrishna from his mind, the greater became his mental turmoil. It gradually became impossible for him to attend to his day-to-day business. Whenever he tried to put his mind on his work, it automatically turned to Dakshineswar. In despair he realized that Sri Ramakrishna possessed his whole heart.
One day, when Manomohan went to the Ganges for a bath, he saw a country boat anchored near the bathing ghat. Seeing Balaram Babu, another devotee of the Master, on the boat, Manomohan said to him, “It is my good fortune that today I have met a devotee!” Balaram told him that the Master himself had come to see him. Meanwhile Niranjan came out on the deck and said to Manomohan: “Why don’t you come to Dakshineswar? The Master is extremely worried about you.” Sri Ramakrishna then appeared and, looking at Manomohan, went into samadhi. Tears rolled from Manomohan’s eyes as he silently watched this scene. “Ah, he has taken so much trouble for my sake,” he thought. “How greatly I must have wronged him.” Overwhelmed with emotion, Manomohan was about to fall into the water when Niranjan jumped from the boat and caught him. By this time Sri Ramakrishna had regained normal consciousness, and he asked Niranjan to bring Manomohan on board. The Master said most affectionately, “I have been very anxious about you, so I have come for you.” Manomohan prostrated himself before the Master and said, “Sir, it was all due to my wounded vanity.” He began sobbing like a child and could say no more. Manomohan then took the Master to his home for a visit and returned with him to Dakshineswar. After this he resumed his regular visits to Sri Ramakrishna. (Source: They Lived with God)