410 IN THE VISION OP GOD
led directly to the residence of the station master. He
had expected not more than a donon people with. Kamdas
and so had prepared meals only for that number. But the
number actually exceeded fifty. The host and his people
at home grew anxious as to how they oonld satisfy all
the people that had come. There was no timo to prepare
meals again. Ho\vovor, tlio friends \vero asked to ait for
supper and, strange as it would appear, the food siillicod
the whole lot and t'horo was no deficiency in anything,
An old,, woman of the house came out after the reeding
was over, and with hands folded in salutation said: "Tho
ways of God arc simply inexplicable. He IUIN worked a
miracle in our house."
After the meals, the party flat on the platform and for
about fifteen minutes Prom Hingh entertained thorn with
songs of Brahmawind hi his melodious voice, Soon the
train arrived and Ramdas got into u carriage accompanied
by a few friends. Now one of the parly, who came to the
station for the send-off, handed to Ham dm* a small bag
containing some ground-nuts, migar-candy, parched rice
etc. all mixed up together, Uamdan, thinking of distribut-
ing the eatables as pvasad to the friends on the plat-
form, who now crowded at the door of the compartment
occupied by him, took thorn out by haudfnlH from the
bag and commenced to distribute them freely to the
friends. Seeing this, the paMengorn in other compartments
poured down and coming to where KamduH wa«, stretched
forth their hands for *prasad/ lie went on giving away
the eatables from the bag. The amassing thing wan tlus bag
would never become empty. He imint have distributed its
contents to more than a hundred persons until tlio train
moved away from the station and still the bag contained
some *prasad.1
Here a few words about the nature of the villagers
surrounding the Panclharpuv shrino in Hholapur District
may not be out of place, Those* flimplo village folk-,