7OV;AP.3S 3ANDA-3AIIDA 1??
Thf ^itlini then, taking him by the arm, lead him towards
the main rr,< >ru of the temple where gaudily decorated images
nf Gv'i were kept. Then leading him to the narrow passage,
}^ infi'le him sit on a mat. Going into an inner roum he
tdruuglit -t i*<Avl of (iul and a thick roti. Sitting down beside
Kiinnius he mixed the roti in the <lal curry antl suddenly
Thrust ii lump of it into his muuth.Riim, indeed, has his own
mii»iW v»iiys »>i* feeding Ramdas! As he s\vullo\ve<l, he
!ortf<l lumps of food into his month one after another,
i;htil h** v/as overfilled. Coming out they sat on the cot,
his arm round Ramdas1* neck. He was simply gushing with
**Ymi shall stay here for some days. Won't you?"' he
"XV* raaharaj, Ram*Ias is starting presently/1 answered
Ranaiias in an appealing tone.
"I am nut allowing you to go. I -want yon to be with
me for at least four or five days/' he said compressing
hid lips.
To argue with him seemed to he useless. So Rannlas
remained silent.
"Ton see the sun Is still hot; have a nap,r he said, and
lying at full length on the cot fell asleep.
Ramdas waited for some minntes and» finding that the
8itlhu had fallen asleep, slowly got up and talked out of
the temple on tiptoe—as he did in the Pilikoti ashram.
As soon as he came ont on the bypath, he ran at full speed
until he gained the main road. A few miles ahead fee came
across a bnllock-cart. At the sight of him a man jumped
out of the cart and dra^wring near him pleaded:
*4Maharuj, do take a seat in rny cart. I cannot bear to
see yon walking on the burning ground in the hot sun."
Ramdas told him that lie vras on his way to Banda and
his course lay in the opposite direction.
"Then, here, please take this money; it is only one
and a half—the railway fare from a station