( xxxiii.. ) Madan Mohuv suggested to him in a dream the way to recoup his fortunes Negotiations were opened with Sadhu Gokul who was then in a prosperous position, and for a sum of three lakhs the Image--a compound of gold with a slight admixture of seven other mystic metals-of great antiquity and sanctity, was brought with pomp and pageantry all the way from the Bishnupur Fort to the Bagbazar temple. At a later date Maharaja Gopal Sing wanted to get back the God, and perhaps Sadhu Gokul would not and could not have objected to it, but for a strange and divine intervention. The God, it is said, appeared to the Maharaja in a dream and expressed Himself so well content with the devotion and service of the Mitters that be refused to return to Bishnupur. Madan Mohun thus remained at Bagbazar. Indeed, were He still at inaccessible Bishnupur, the obeisance of millions could not have been paid to Him as is the case to-day. Sadhu Gokul endowed a big Zemindari in Burdwan for the perpetual worship and service of the God. Gradually Gokul Mitter amassed so much wealth that on the occasion of his son's marriage was spent the fabulous sum of 10 lakhs, equivalent to-day to at least treble that sum. The present head of the family, Babu Vibari Lala Mitra, is the great grandson of Sadhu Gokul; and every one who knows him is not only charmed with his company, but detects many of those great and noble traits of his great grandsire which made him so conspicuous a figure in
