M. stood there speechless and looked on. It was as if he were standing where all the holy places met and as if Sukadeva himself were speaking the words of God, or if Sri Chaitanya were singing the name and glories of the Lord in Puri with Ramanada, Swarup, and the other devotees.
Sri Ramakrishna said: "When, hearing the name of Hari or Rāma once, you shed tears and your hair stands on end, then you may know for certain that you do not have to perform such devotions as the sandhya any more. Then only will you have a right to renounce rituals; or rather, rituals will drop away of themselves. Then it will be enough if you repeat only the name of Rāma or Hari, or even simply Om." Continuing, he said, "The sandhya merges in the Gayatri, and the Gayatri merges in Om."
