CHAPTER SIX
BA3DA-GOHKAR PARVAT

/;/ Nothing is impossible far God

ha<l left the hill the day following the night

tiut B&lak Ram attempted to strangle the bey-servant.
The h^y had alsŤ* disappeared. For want of a servant it
was now difficult to get meals from seth Moolehan<r&
Ram dan was going on milk diet, and some devotees brought
him milk regnlariy morning and evening, Xow Balak
Ram also shared the nrilk with him. Balak Sain commenced
repeating the Ram-mantram. For two days he remained
qoiet- He was free from fits of temper. Ganja was eschewed.
Hetalk^'i very little. He was resigned and peaceful. On the
second day he said that he felt hungry.
Straightaway, Raic.las with an escort proceeded to
Ba<IhraTu Kuva where sadhii Yishuddhanand resided. At
the sight of him the sadhu went into ecstasies. He wel-
comed him with a fond embrace- He was an old man, lean
and talK with a long white beard and hair reaching his
shoulders. He wore only a kaupin. Ramdas told him that
be ha*i come to beg for a meal for the sake of Balafc Ram.
"I vould allow you to carry food to him," he said,
'* : -lily after you have had your meal here."
He was an active old man. 'Within half an hour he
cooke 1 a simple meal of soft roties and dal. Then he took
Ramdas to a veil. The place was named after the saint at
whose instance the veil was dug. Before Ylshnddhanand
eu&e to occupy tie place, there lived a sadhu who went by
the name Budhram. Hence the name Bndhram Kuva, that
iiť Budhraxn** veil
Ai Ťa Indian mother washes her child, so YUbnd-
dhiaand bathed Ramdas with M* own; hands, drawing
water fSrom tte veil Then feeding bun with a plaixi bat
whole**** EBftl be had iwpwedf he permitted Eamdas to