*~* !M THE V7SIC1* OF GOD
a jtuagle. He always felt a peculiar feeling of exaltation
when h*- %vas al* <.ne in the jungles at night. He repaired to a
pli*eeber*eatiKi large tree for spending the night. He laid
himself titF'»vn on th* rough grronnJ. In less than five
, h«- hit«i a shower of bird's drippings from the
* of ih*'* tr*e. Th^n he moved into the open and
o?4 thr soft grass.
Tb.- nn^ii vvus up. Its cool rays illumined thf forest.
Tnf-IijJ.it filtering through tb*"* leaves and branches of the
:r***ai fi*rznv*2 *>a the ground lx?iu\v bountiful spangled
and the forest s^m^^J as it were covered with a
itteirod carpet. The air v/as cool and a soft breeze
wus i»li»vsi»K. The silence of thcj night was broken now and
by the Rapping of huge buts that fiew from tree to tree
th^ distant h*>ots of owls who were holding their
y^eruriial *liseoursc-s. The night passed in wakefnlness an<i
Migj3.
Next Jay, again at midday, he \vas stopped on the road bj-
another eartman \vho directed him to a temple close by*
He&iidthat Kamdas \vould do well to nave the darshan
»»f a aadhu naime<l Kamtanatth who reside*! in the temple.
Th»* time %vas about one o'clock, afternoon. The temple was
alxrtit fifty yards from the road. He entered the temple.
Everything was still within. There was none inside except
u &iilhu snoring on a cot. He quietly took a seat, a little
awjty from the sadhu. The satihn awoke with a start and
InB ey^B fell *»n Eazn<las. Beckoning Eamdas towards him,
h*- rubbed off with his cloth the perspiration streaming
ti*Avn Kttiaiias1 face and arms.
**I Imve no t*cK;d to offer you/' he said with a smiling
fat*, **you have to be content now with mere \vater. In the
night you shall have a good meal."
B&mdas laughed and replied:
w^ter will do, maharujV"
anil have your bath/" fee said next.
bis bath tit the well and return**!.