Chapter (অধ্যায়): XIII GLIMPSES OF THE SAINTS PAGE-159Page: 159 of 336
done this for His servant. Henceforth, in very truth, he would serve no other.
"He became a VairagF," said the Swami, "on the banks of the Saraswati. People thought him ignorant, but I knew his power. Daily he would feed thousands. Then would come the grain-seller, after a while, with his bill. 'H'm!' Raghunath Dass would say, ‘A thousand rupees you say? Let me see. It is a month I think since I have received anything. This will come, I fancy, to-morrow.' And it always came."
1 Jaya Bolo Ram Chunder ki jai ! — Hindi words which translate as' “Salutations to the lord Ram!"
Someone asked him if the story of the Ram-Ram party were true.
"What's the use of knowing such things?" he answered.
"I do not ask for curiosity," urged the questioner, "but only to know if it is possible for such things to happen!"
Nothing is impossible with the Lord!" answered Raghunath Dass. . . .
"I saw many great men," went on the Swami, "in Hrishikesh. One case that I remember was that of a man who seemed to be mad. He was coming nude down the street, with boys pursuing, and throwing stones at him. The whole man was bubbling over with laughter, while blood was streaming down his face and neck. I took him, and bathed the wound, putting ashes* on it, to stop the bleeding. And all the time,
* These ashes are made by burning a piece of cotton cloth. - N.

