';i;> The test of Self-surrender
A narrow room was gut ready for Ramclas in which nf
i'»/iiii»i a wood en cot with a quilt uii it, and an earthen pot
tilled with water. He* was him«le«i over to the charge of
^^vvaini Ramaiiaiid, an old sanuyasi, who attended to his
nee.is. The childlike nature of the sannyasis in this ashram
% as wonderful. They vvunlti frequently come r<»
Rsiindas in the ro«-.m. talk tr» him and also fondle him. us
;f he \\ere a rhil.l! Here Rannlas had ^uit^ a feast of love-
One thiy, fci^ami Bamananii an*! Swanii Guptanund, tht-
yuiing sanjiyasi wh<* supplieri Rumdas with nkuikets 011 tlit^
1ir»t night, w:*re seateu 011 the cot beside him. Ram das spoke
5t-lf-surrender. As an instance, he mrrated the*
of Drftnpa«.Li's predicament when Dushasanu sought
to disgrace ler in the ^Inrbar hall of the Kanraras. So lonj»
as she was crying tr» 8ri Krishna for help, and at the same
15 m^strng^ ing to protect herself, the Lord did not oome to the
rest-lie. At last, realising her fully, she lifted np her hands
iuuhsolut-surrender an«i called Krishna, and tiitit moment
He saved her.
Wheu Ramd&s came to mention about Draupa«lrs self-
snrrende* in the narration, S\v;imi CirTiptaitaiid who was
listening with jfreat concentration was su overpoA\ered
enotkm that he burst into tears. Also Swarni Rama-
s"yej3 moistened.
lit iuphtnan*rs company Ram das, one day, ascended the
faiiaoisKamtanath hill which stood in front of the Pilikoti
ash* m. Some Hin<lns consider it a sacrilege to tread <»n
thehiit which is held sacred, beeanse Sri Ramehaiidra and
Sitadevi are sai<l to have resided on it in the ancient <lays.
The hill was about five hundred feet above its base. There
Hre no structures or any relics of them on the hill. It is
covered with wild shrubs and trees of which a certain
species bore edible fruits called tliendiu While descending,
Bamdas ran down a dry water-<2onrse, sprinkled with
smooth and rounded boulders.