“First offer to God whatever you eat. One must not eat unoffered food. As your food is, so will be your blood. From pure food you get pure blood, pure mind, and strength. Pure mind begets ecstatic love”

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Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna 1853–1920

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