SCHEAF. FARVAT 211
IL spii^ ui the iLtessaut activity to ^hich he ST3L»jecte*i big
*«.«iy, he never knew exhaustion. He was as fresh and
•* i^n'TOUS as ever.
IE. the "wanderings on the hills with friends, be unce
r,pon a gigantic stone image of a three-headed God,
against the side of a hillock. The ruins around
«hcw«l that in olden days there was a temple here for tbe
Ut't stone idol. He -was urged from vithin to climb to the
head of the image which he did with lightning rapidity,
iit,J oii the hroad crovn of its head he ilanceVi with untold
relight.
The party had another addition of a Yaishmava saint,
Vaijnaih, He would remain at the base of the cave with a
tre Before him telling his beads all the night. One of his
an elderly mother, would come to the hills
the afternoons and entertain them with the
charming songs of Mirabai, Her devotion was so great
that when she sang, tears of ecstasy would course
down her cheeks, and her face would be aglow with
gfdritnal light.
The devotees hoisted on the hillock, on which Ramdas
lived, a gigantic flag, ten feet hy ten feet, containing in
b:g Hindi characters the Ram-mantram "Om Sri Ram Jai
Ram Jai Jai Ram.'' The flag was visible for Bailee from
the hills.
It was a dark night. The rain was pouring and the air
* as chill. About ten o'clock, when the party of singers were
deeply engaged in kirtan and Ramdas wag occupying the
small interior cave, a young, educated and well-dressed man
lamed tip with an escort. Coming to Ramdas be fell at his
feet and said:
^Swamiji, I am on my -way to Cawnpore from
Chhattarpur. 1 heard of you and have come for your darshan,
baving broken journey at Mahoha. Pray have your krip*
me/'
He received from Ramdas, then and there, the upadesi