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was kept engaged in talks, correspondence and other
activities till late in the night.
Now a few main incidents during his stay in the ashram
will be recounted here.
Krishna Bai, whose life in some detail has already been
written and published in a booklet, visited the ashram in
the company of some other ladies. From that time, her
attraction for the ashram and Eamdas grew in intensity
until at last she dedicated her life to the service of God
and became a prominent co-worker with him. Her
radiant personality, the selfless and silent service she
rendered in the ashram, her pure overflow of love towards
all alike, shone out of her and revealed her inherent
greatness. She underwent innumerable persecutions when
she was thus walking heart and soul along the divine path,
but all through it she maintained her cheerful and patient
nature untouched and unruffled. Those aspiring souls who
came under the influence of her dazzling purity were
redeemed.
Rama Bai (Ramdas1 daughter by the old birth) with
her husband was one of the constant visitors of the ashram.
As she imbibed the discourses of Ramdas on devotion,
during which he spoke also impressively on vairagya, the
girl's mind turned away from the world, awakening in her
heart a deep love and longing for God. Thenceforth she
appeared to have been caught in the grip of a severe mental
struggle. She lost all taste for the things of the world. She
curtailed her domestic activities, reduced her food and
finally gave up all interest and attachment to her house
and became absorbed in God-thought. This state of things
naturally frightened her husband and others in the house.
Her one cry to Ramdas was: " Make me love God." This
state continued some months. However, after a great deal
of persuasion by him she came round and lived a normal
life, of course without detriment to her love and devotion
to God.