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lay everything that you cling to as belonging to you at His
feet, you cannot have Him. In short, complete and un-
qualified surrender to God alone entitles you to His grace
and darshan."
During this visit Raja Ram was overflowing with love,
as also mother Elizabeth, and Ramdas had several invita-
tions to the palace and the mother's bungalow. Once a
dinner was arranged by the mother to a select party at her
house, "Sri Krishna Nivas". She also brought about in her
garden a meeting of several saints the same morning.
A sadhu by name Prakashanand, famous in Kathiawar,
had also been residing in Limbdi at the time. Ramdas had
the privilege of coming in touch with him for the first time
at this garden-party. He was over fifty years of age, short
and stout in build. He used to cover himself with a soiled,
torn quilt, and carry an earthen pot and two sticks. It
was said that he preferred to spend his nights mostly in
cremation grounds. He spoke slowly and in a low tone. He
was exact, wise and simple in his ways. Besides this
mahatma there were two or three Jain sadhus, one of whom
came on foot from a distance of fifteen miles specially to
meet Ramdas, Raja Ram, Joshi, Popatbhai and Kantilal
were also present.
Raja Ram humorously remarked: "Ramdas, I am not
going to present you with any more clothing. You gave
away the precious things I gave you last time to some
greedy brahman."
"You may call him by any name you like, but for
Ramdas he was Ram," Ramdas replied and added: "In
regard to your present of clothes Ramdas never asked you
for any and has no need for them, God provides him
whenever he wants."
The dinner over, the party dispersed.
The mother took Ramdas out on a visit to the house
of Raja Ram's sister who accorded them a hearty welcome.
Here Ramdas observed the remarkably meek and egolegg