![]() They had not even finished their meals, when the catastrophic news of Baba’s Mahasamadhi shook them off their seats. ![]() He directed the devotees to leave ‘Dwarkamai’ including those in His service to return after lunch. As His end drew near, He got up and sat straight on His own.He gave nine rupee coins indicative of ‘navvidya bhakti’ (the nine tenets of devotion) in alms to a wealthy woman, Lakshmi Bhai Shinde and breathed His last peacefully sitting on His asana.īaba always remained conscious and wide awake and exercised much caution at the last moment of His life. A few days before Vijay Dashmi, Baba was experiencing unbearable pain. Then, Baba sat still, waiting for His last moment. With a view to enhance the importance of this custom, Baba asked Shri Vajje to recite ‘Ram Vijay’ section of Ramayana for fourteen days. There is a practice of reading scriptures among Hindus when someone is on deathbed. Thereafter, He stopped eating food resulting in weight loss that left Him pale and thin. On September 28, 1918, Sai Baba had moderate fever that lasted for a couple of days. Once their objective is achieved, they disappear from the scene leaving behind a beaten path for pious souls to tread upon in pursuit of spiritual goal. Saints and sages continue to visit the planet from time to time and work in their own peculiar ways to carry forward HIS mission. Lord Krishna said “Whenever there is decline of ‘Dharma’ (righteousness), and ascendency of ‘Adharma’ (unrighteousness), I manifest myself to protect the virtuous and destroy the wicked and to re-establish the Dharma in every age” (Gita 4, 7-8). ![]() The 100th year of the Mahasamadhi of Sai Baba of Shirdi, the crown-jewel among the galaxy of great saints and sages who adorned India’s spiritual landscape is being celebrated during this year’s Dashera festival falling on October 19,2018.
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