348 IN THE VISION OF GOD
The day of departure came. It was to be on. tho morrow.
The previous evening Janakinath met Ramdas with a down-
cast face, his heart sorely distxirbed. The fact was, his
relation had turned turtle at almost the last hour with
regard to taking Ramdas with him to Amarnath, and had
sent word to that effect. Hence tho dejection on the face
of the friend.
"Swamiji," he said, "it appears to be the will of God
that you should not go to Amarnath; else my relation
would not have withdrawn MB promise at the last
moment.
At this Ramdas drew himself up, and his body stiff-
end with a grim determination.
"Ramji," Ramdas replied with u firm and ineasured
tone, looking directly into the eyes of Janakinath, " do you
think that Ramdas proposed to start on the journey to
Amarnath depending on your relation? God, whose servant
and child he is, had put the idea into his head and it is His
duty to see that it is fulfilled. There is nothing impossible
for the Lord. He will yet sec that Ramdas is safely lerl
to the shrine of Amarnath/1
Now Janakinath, who was observing the mood in which
Ramdas was and the force with which lie spoke, calmly
replied:
"Well* Swamiji, I am mistaken. Surely there could
be no obstacle for you when you have resolved upon doing
a thing." The subject was then dropped.
On the banks of the Jhelum there is a temple of Shiva,
only about fifty yards from Janakinath's house. The pujari
of the temple, Tarachand Bayu, a young man who had
great love and regard for Ramdas, used to visit Janakinath's
house to see and have talks with him. Some of the old
type pandits can understand Hindi and also talk in that
language with a mixture of Urdu words. Ramdas mostly
talked in Hindi with the ladies and pandits who were not
English educated. Tarachand Bayu would take Bamclas