in memorial: 19. May 1922: Alagammal's liberation

[Guest guest]

Sri Bhagavan's Mother became very ill soon after my arrival.

She was bedridden. Niranjananandaswami, Sri Bhagavan's brother, used to wash

her clothes. I too had the good fortune of washing her clothes. Despite

medicines, her health, instead of improving, deteriorated.

 

Since the morning of 19 May 1922, her condition became critical. She was

lying in the room south of where Sri Bhagavan stayed. After his morning walk,

Sri Bhagavan went into Mothers's room and sat beside her. He ate his lunch

there itself and was sitting beside her all the time.

 

When he noticed her struggling for breath, he put his right hand on her

chest. She became a little restful after a while. The time of Mother's

liberation

was drawing near. Sri Bhagavan put one of his hands on her head and another

on her chest and sat quietly.

 

Considering the seriousness of the situation, it was felt that supper should

be served at 6 p.m. and Sri Bhagavan too was invited to eat. Sri Bhagavan

asked others to eat, saying he would eat later. Niranjanandaswami,

Ramakrishnaswami and I stayed with Sri Bhagavan. Others finished their supper.

Kavyakanta

Ganapathi Muni was sitting nearby. Raju Sastri, Vaiddyanatha Sastri,

Sundaresa Iyer and others started reciting the Vedas. Saranagathi Ramaswami

Iyer, a

Punjabi devotee and a few others did 'Rama' japa. We who were near Sri

Bhagavan started reciting Aksharamanamalai. At eight in the night Mother

attained

samadhi.

 

Sri Bhagavan sat silently for a while and then rose. Mother's body was

draped in a new sari. We applied vibhuti on her forehead, garlanded her and sat

her in the verandah of Skandasram.

When these things had been done, Sri Bhagavan said; "Let us eat now", and

sat down to eat. Where is pollution or sorrow for a realised soul?

We also sat down to eat.

 

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Kunju Swami: Reminiscences

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