Kim tucked his feet under his robe-edge obediently . ` Hear me ! I bring news ! The Search is finished . Comes now the Reward ... Thus . When we were among the Hills , I lived on thy strength till the young branch bowed and nigh broke . When we came out of the Hills , I was troubled for thee and for other matters which I held in my heart . The boat of my soul lacked direction ; I could not see into the Cause of Things . So I gave thee over to the virtuous woman altogether . I took no food . I drank no water . Still I saw not the Way . They pressed food upon me and cried at my shut door . So I removed myself to a hollow under a tree . I took no food . I took no water . I sat in meditation two days and two nights , abstracting my mind ; inbreathing and outbreathing in the required manner ... Upon the second night -- so great was my reward -- the wise Soul loosed itself from the silly Body and went free . This I have never before attained , though I have stood on the threshold of it . Consider , for it is a marvel ! ' ' A marvel indeed .
Two days and two XXXXX without food !
Body Hills Kim days door heart nights robe-edge strength water