8C IN THE VISION OF GOD

throat. 2tfow the mother pounced upon the plate of food
and, vhile taking it away, said : "This is going to do yon
no good." "Lakshini," she told the girl, "prepare at once
fresh roties. Make them soft. Look to it at once.1'
While Lakshmi was busy the mother milked the she-
buffalo, standing in the square- yard in the centre of the
building. In a few minutes she heated the milk. Lakshraf s
trained hands made soft roties. The mother crushed two of
them in the hot milk in a plate- The softened meal was
then placed before him.
k< Sadhuji," the mother then appealed, "you must for-
give nie. I am after all a foolish and useless woman;
forgive me. The food is now all right; please do justice
to it."
After dinner the mother accompanied him back to the
ternple, and taking leave of him returned to her home.
Such was the heart of the mother. He directly started on
his journey and walked until sunset when he reached a
way-side village.
(ii) Is there God?
Thus from village to Tillage he travelled on. Again the
plight of his feet grew worse due to incessant walking. He
was now nearing Bijapur. On leaving a village in the
afternoon he had covered a distance of about three
miles. It might be past three o'clock when he met some
men coming from the opposite direction. They stopped him
and enquired whither he was going. He, of course, told
them that he -wanted to reach Bijapur. One of them earned
him that he would not reach Bijapur before dark, as he had
to traverse yet twenty miles, and there was not a single
village on the way where he conld halt. In darkness he
might lose himself and be caught in a jungle. He suggested
that Ramdas might start early next morning. Meanwhile,
he might give them the pleasure of his company for
the night.