in remembrance on Mother's Samadhi

[Guest guest]

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

Mother'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, Vaidyanatha Sastri, Sundaresa

Iyer and others started reciting the Vedas.

Saranagathi Ramaswamy 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.

 

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Kunju Swami: Reminiscences

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