"Swamiji. this lo- r^;n^ I was s<> ?sre of your coming
that I 211 '.1 saaearfrii the 'iisMe of this cave \srith cow-dang
so tint 3V3 migrtf ».eonpyit," saH Balak Ram, and added,
*fcl b*-jc, SwaiLiji, that yon stir -with me for some days."
"Xo.Rjtm. that canti"t be." replied Uarndas; *Vou see
a?.' many £r:*E«ts hav? come \vith. Barn-las to take him
k, and the m.jt'<r-ear is detained specially for his return
'T*'n Simula cot go," he persisted, "let the friends go
bAc-k. I will hive you al*,>ne \rith me. After a f evr days I
shall arrange for a motor-car for yon to go/' He appealed,
wept am! fell at Ram>iag~ feet.
Th?ii Rim'las t -Ad him that he would stay on certaia
c-'>nilitinL5, und if ^ny one of tliem was broken, he would
go.
"I sn,i!l see tLat yrur conditions are faithfully fulfilled
r»n my part," lie promise!.
"S^v the eoiiditioiis are : Sf> Irmg as Ramdas is with
, he vili not leave this elevated place. Second: he will
the care in the nights. Third: he will live merely on
water driiak. Fourth: he will observe the vow of silence.
Do you agree ?* Ramdas stipulated.
He gladly accepted the conditions because he believed
that 1»y RamJas' tapasya his cvn uncontrolled mind would
attaiu peace. Till late in the night the talk -went on. They
bad rest £<»r only two or three hours in the morning.
Ram<i'is slept in the cave-room.
Next day all vent down to the lover stage where the
Shiva-linga was installed. Ramdas remained near the cave.
At about eight o^clo<:Ic the party from the village came up
headed by Bhavani Prasad. He brought with him food
consisting of purees, curry and milk to suffice all the
members of the party, Balak Ram explained to them at
Raiu<lm»* request the latter's resolution to stop with him for
dome days and also about the conditions. So he asked them
to leave tfes bills without Ramdas, The friends remonstra-