Ramakrishna Charitam. Vol III Book VII Chp 18 Shlokas 5 - 7
आसीज्जयपुरे कक्ष्चिद्विप्र षोडशवार्षिकः |
उपनीतः कुलीनक्ष्च गायत्रीजपतत्परः ||
पितृभक्तो विनीतक्ष्च रामकृष्ण इति श्रुतः |
विवेकी च विरक्तक्ष्च विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः ||
संभूता ब्रह्मजिज्ञासा तस्य पुण्यात्मनः स्वयम् |
ततो जजाप गायत्रीं योगासनसमास्थितः ||
In Jaipur, there was a sixteen yer old brahmana named Shri Ramakrishna. He had great devotion for Shri Vishnu. He was a very wise man of renunciation born in a noble family. He had a lot of reverence born in a noble family. He had a lot of reverence for his parents. He was very humble and was adorned with the sacred thread. With great involvement, he used to chant the Gayatri Mantra regularly and systematically. That exalted personality devoted a pious desire of realizing the ‘brahman’. Hence he used to chat the Gayatri Mantra sitting in a yogic posture.
