tears of bliss when discarding the body

[Guest guest]

In the course of conversation, about June 1949, he [bhagavan] had

described to us that tears flow from the outer canthus of the

eyes of a man when he is very happy and from the inner canthus

when he is sad. It is a correct ovservation.

 

On the evening of the 14th April (the Nirvana Day), I was in that

room among others, fanning Sri Bhagavan from the head end of

the cot. At his request he was assisted to sit up with his legs

stretched in front. He had kept his eyes closed, and his breathing

was gradually becoming shallow.

At 8.20 p.m. the devotees outside began singing the

'Arunachala Shiva' hymn. He immediately opened his eyes,

looked at the direction from where the voices came and then

closed the eyes. Tears came gushing from the outer canthus

of the eyes. I then remembered what Sri Bhagavan had said

about tears, and felt that it was the visible sign of the Supreme

Bliss of rejoining the ONE without a second, by discarding the

body which had done its duty of leading or directing mankind

towards the all pervading Self. The body was discarded very

peacefully, and in so doing he left his imprint so indelibly

in the hearts of his devotees.

 

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Dr. M. Anantanarayana Rao in: Surpassing Love and Grace

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