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56 " 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. «07.inda of Jayadeva. There the verse refers to Krishna sitting in ihc grove beside the Jamuna and urging Radha to hasten there.
 * This is a clever adaptation of one of the beautiful couplets of the Gita-