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round with this act. The Sikhs do not believe in caste
distinctions and idol worship, prevalent among other
Hindus. Their women are cultured and are free from the
antiquated and borrowed customs of purdah, and also from
the unwholesome modernism of the present day. The
Sikhs have their names ending always with epithet 'Singh'
which means lion. Verily, they are as noble, fearless and
powerful a people as the kings of the jungle. The splendid
heroism exhibited by Akalis is recent history.
In all, Ramdas remained in Amritsar for a fortnight,
and then left the city for Jhansi.
(ii) The secret of Ramnam
As usual, at Jhansi, Ramdas stopped in the. Ram-
mandirinto which he was welcomed with open arms by
the Pandaji. Ramkinkar, Mahadev Prasad ami other
friends were as loving in their attentions as ever. Here,
Ramchandra Gupta with a new friend, Gauesh Prasad,
came down from Allahabad to see Ramdan.
An invitation from Mahoba drew Ramdas to that place.
He again lived for ten days in the cave on Ghokar Parvat.
Jagannath and other friends provided him with food. One
afternoon a young friend came to see Ramdas. He had
some wounds on his forehead and knees. He told the
story relating to the injuries:
" Maharaj, last evening, I was coming to see you. When
I reached half-way to this place darkness overtook me. tu
the dim light I saw right on the path a huge leopard sitting
on its haunches staring viciously at mo. I was so frightened
that I gave forth a shriek, and turning back fled from the
place pell-mell. In the darkness I stumbled over the
stones and fell down several times. However, I got cloar
x>£ the grasp of the wild beast and reached home. The
uxjmes that you behold on me were caused by my falls
during that flight for very life."
JVom Mahoba, in response to a call» Ramdas pi'oeeeded