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At eight a. in. Razndas was sitting In the bus, running
rovrards Mungiilore. Thesannyasi, Ramcharan, accompanied
him. He passed TJdipi and reached Mangalore in the
evening. They stopped at Sitaramrao's for a couple of Jays.
During this time Ramdas and Ramcharan had an invita-
tion for dinner at the house of if. Ramarao, father of
mother Rnkmabai, who was then living with him. Ram-
chann \vas unaware of the old relationship. They went
and were treated with loving hospitality both by the
mother and her father. When departing the mother asked
when she would have the next occasion to see Ramdas.
He simply replied, " Barn's will." At this her eyes were
filled with tears. All the time Ramcharan was observing
the scene, and a member of the house meanwhile apprised
him of Ram las' relationship with the mother* in his former
life, Rinidas and Ramcharan left the house and while on
the road, Ramcharan, shooting a curious look at him,
remarked in a humorous vein.: "Yon are not an ordinary
Siidhu. Yon are a well-baked and hardened brick/*
Whut he meant by the observation was significant !
The stiiV in Mangalore being over he caught the mail
train to Ernakulairu
(ill) All Credit is to the Lord
Sanjivrao, a brother of Ramdas by past life, was at the
station to receive him. He was lodged in a small room in
Sanjivrao's house. His diet consisted of milk and frnit.
He stopped in Ernakulam for about two months.
Here he got through Sanjivrao books from the public
library, and became a voracious reader. He perused over
fifty volumes of religions literature. Amongst them he
read the bulky volumes of Mas Mailer's translations of
the Upanishads, Bhashya of Shankaracharya etc. Every
day some promineut vakils and officers paid him visits.
The outstanding event of his stay at this place ^as the
feeding of the poor. It came about in the following way.
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