* ."B IS THE V-SICK CF GOD

*-»n his head. Hf heM in one hand ^ yogadanua or unns-
r«su*r like a cr^ss, anil in the other a japa-mala of rrulraksh

They sat »k>vrn. for the meal un*l asked Ramdas to join
He ext'ns^d himself. Ealak Ram tried to per-
the boy to fetch some milk for Ramd&s. He
and saiii that be did not know where to get
milk from.
"Never mind," put In Rsoadas, "Ramrlas is not
hungry; he will he satisfied with a tumbler of water for
the night/'
The mval o^er, the sadhns prepared ganja chilam an*l
Riiak Kam appealed to Bamdus to share with them a
&mt>kt% Here again h« declined their offer with thanks.
He was? silent sin*! watchful. The ganja intoxica-
tion r&adt thy sanlhas drift into strange and irrele-
vant talks.
Ramdat? slopped on the hill for about a fortnight and the
short stay was crowded with thrilling and amusing incidents.
The hill waa called Bambeshwar Pahad. Except for a
sprinkling of shrubs and two or three trees, the hill was
arid and rocky. So there was scarcity of \vater on Bam-
bedivar Phad, "Water had to be carried np from the temple
well down below.
Balak Ram Paramahams was a young man aged about
thirty^wu possessing u lithe and upright figure. His lower
jaw and the eoiapressed lips showed determination* His
eyes were tender and his face was suffused with sniles
when be was riot in fits of temper, which would sweep over
him aus the raging tempests, only to be followed by calmness
and a clear sky. At h«aart, Ramdas could discern, he
ioft and compassioaate. For lack of proper discipline
iociety he had a mind riotous and uncontrolled. He had a
nwil from the unreAlities of the world and his dispasfiion
adaairaMe. The only method he employed to snbdne
the mind wats ganja smoking, but tbt staif