CHAPTER XIV
JUI\TAGAD-IIMBD1
(i) Sainis are like Children
2f est morning the boat reached Veraval port. Alighting,
Eamrlas entered the city. Veraval is an important trading
harbour. He directed his steps straight to the railway
station. On tbe ^vay he was invited by milk vendors who
gave him cups of milk which refreshed him. At the station
he met a sannyasi in whose company he travelled in the
train. Reaching Junagad at tea in the night, Kamdas
walked up to the akhada of sannyasis of which Kashigirji
was the mahant. Baindas bad the privilege of living for
three weeks in this Ashram when he last visited Junagad.
KashigiTJi received Ramdas with great delight. Nest day
he met 3Iaganlal at his residence. Maganlal also was over-
flowed with joy at the sight of him. It must be remembered
that when he was in Junagad on the previous occasion
Maganlal and ELantilal were extremely devoted to him and
had treated him with love and care.
It was decided that he should stay in a garden belonging
to Kashigirjfs ashram at a distance of half a mile from the
town. In the garden was a small open thatched hut occu-
pied by two sadhus. He joined them. One of them was a
man with a long beard and the other, Atmanand by name,
was a clean-shaven sannyasi.
Atmanand *was a man of bulky proportions. He was
quite and calm by nature. One of Ms characteristics was
his spontaneous laugh every five or ten minutes, apparently
for no reason. He was indifferent alike to the cleanliness
ofhisbodyorhiscloth.es- He would be found sitting for
hours at one place in silence and with vacant looks, the
world having seemingly no existence for him.
The otter saŤ2m with tie beard was an active old man.
He was busy the whole day doing some work or other. He