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In the afternoon he visited the famons math of Sri
Sia-ih^r^ih Swami. This was his second visit to the math.
Sr: Si'Mharndh was the same great personality that drew
tho::sui,-:s to his feet. Ramarao—son of Shivarao Chandra-
£:r: who has since assumed sannyas, attended on Ramdas
with all love, a noble son of worthy parents.
Ram-las stayed at the imth for two days. In the nights
he tnofc shelter in the verandah of the samadhi temple. On
the second night, a little after dark, a devotee of the math
dime t*~« him.
"Woiild yon like to have something to eat?" he
asked.
Now Ramdas was in no mood to eat, nor was he in the
realms of duality.
"To whom are you putting the question?" was Ramdas'
center-stroke.
"To yon, of course/' he replied pointing his finger at
Raindas.
"Is there such a thing as yon and I when all is one?"
Bdm-lss rejoined, "AIs not all that is visible like the snake
in the rope, like the son nf a barren woman, like the horns
of a hare, like a flower..........'"
"Yon are in the upper storey, eh !'' he remarked as he
took to his heels and disappeared from view.
Next day Ramdas returned to TJbhayakar's house and
left Hubli by the midday train in the company of the
ladies of the house. These mothers looked after him very
tenderly on the way. They reached Bangalore early
morning the fallowing day.