piith r«»uiid til*? KamtiiuutLi hill. On thispnth, ;*t som*'
£mm each <*ther. were temples, ashrams and tanks.
iiitor on a r'Hiud, it \\as nftiniig1 midday, when t\vn
devout mothers living in the nnt-h^ns^ i>f a temple
invited Bamda* and fed him with ^rent l«»v*-.
One evening he cliiubfd the hi!l enlkM Lakshinan
TV'kri. He spent it night tlieiv in a s?f»l't»ry spot.
>n» God is for him who thirsts for Truth
Along the pankranu* was a Brahnaadiari a^liram \vh-f»re
ii «i«.izen yonng b»»ya were imparted tniti*«u in the Vfdii' lore
;<n«l trained t<» ohservr the discipline ami ritual of th^
HD«:ient days. In fnmt of the ashram was set up a yajna
knnd where the Brahniacharis assembled every <iay with
th^ir preceptor, and performed yajua in accordan^f* with
the Vedk' rites, accompanied by the mesmtutwu of mantras.
Besides the yajna knnd, there were also small strnt*tnres,
artistic pieces of Indian architecture facing the si shram. lu
«»ne of these Ramdais passed a night.
In the course of the rounds of the hill he ha<i coin?
upon a mad looking sadhaka—tmly r4r><l-intosi^ated men
are iii a sense mad—tittering Ramnam alond ceaselessly, at
one time sitting outside the small temples on the parikrama
and at another walking round.
One night Ramdas took his position on the raised
pedestal aronnd the yajna kand for his meditation. Here,
he was joined by this sadhaka who also settled on it beside
him. While Ramdas was reciting Bamnam in an undertone,
he was as nsaal taking the Name aloud. Hour after hum*
passed. They went on with the japa. It might have been
past three o'clock. Sleep overpowered the sadhaka, and he
rolled down on his seat and slept.
Half an hour had not passed when he started up with a
cry and beheld Ramdas sitting and going on with his japa.
He became perfectly -wild with rage with himself, and spoke
with bitterness and deep contrition: