" What strength is there left to my old arms ? " said Satyananda. " I have no power other than He whom J was calling. Do not try to oppose the inevitable. We could not beat down these five. Let us rather see where they take us — God will look to everything." They then followed the sepoys without making any further attempt to get free. After they had gone some way, Satyananda said to the sepoys : " My friends, I am in the habit of chanting Harznam — Is there any objec- tion to my doing so now ?" The Jamadar thought the monk was a good fellow ; so he said, " You may chant the name of your Lord, I won't object. You are an old monk and I think you will be, very likely, released ; but this wretch, no doubt, will be hanged. " Then the Brahmachari sang in a low tone : "In the wood beside the stream Fanned by zephyr mild Lies a beauty ; haste thee, hero, Weeping, is Sukumari wild" — * On reaching the town they were taken to the Kot- wal. He sent information to the headquarters and kept them in confinement in the meantime. The lock-up where they were kept was dismal, for, who went into it scarcely came out again, there being nobody to adminis- ter, justice. It was not the gaol of the English Govern- ment, for the day of the English rule had not yet come.
- This is a clever adaptation of one of the beautiful couplets of the Gita-
«07.inda of Jayadeva. There the verse refers to Krishna sitting in ihc grove beside the Jamuna and urging Radha to hasten there.
