308 IN THE VISION OF GOD
Then the Punjabi asked Ramdas: "Maharaj, where are
yon going?"
"To Ohintapurni," was Ramdas1 simple reply.
"We are also on our way to the same place and 1 should
consider it a great privilege to go in your company," he
pleaded.
So the four forming a party continued their "journey.
Ramdas now walked at an incredibly quick pace. He
suggested that they should reach Chintapurni that very
night. Although he had had half-a-dozen motions due to
dysentery on the way and in spite of the undulating
ground, a rapid pace was maintained. They had to cover
a distance of twenty-seven miles. About nine o'clock in
the night they arrived at Ohintapurni. They spent the night
outside a stable.
Chintapurni is a small town with a temple of a Devi
after whom it was named. The belief goes that a visit
to this shrine dispels entirely one's sorrows and anxieties.
Hence the name of the goddess. Next day the party
after bath paid a visit to the temple. The Punjabi friend,
whose name was Pandit Jewandas, persuaded Ramdas to
take rest for a day in that hamlet. He felt great concern
about Ramdas1 health on learning of the attack of dy-
sentery.
Refreshed by a day's rest the party started again. They
were bound for Jwalajee which lay about twenty-five miles
from Chiatapurni Again they commenced their journey
at a brisk pace. At midday, they had a halt for about two
hours beneath the trees on the way. By now dysentery had
stopped, but, as they neared Jwalajee, Ramdas felt some-
thing wrong with his right foot. However, by evening they
reached Jwalajee, where they spent the night in the ashram
of Dashanami sannyasis, an ashram very near to the temple
of Jwalajee. Here they were provided with meals and
treated with great kindness and hospitality.
Next day Hamdasf wishing to find out a separate