The Below wonderful experience by Prof.N.Kasturi is taken from Radio Sai..
" Where had You been, Swami?", we asked Him, when He sat up and leaned back, on
the wall. He answered, with a smile, as if He was not at all tired or exhausted
after the twenty-minute-absence from the body. "Oh! I had been to Dehra Dun!"
We were astonished! We asked Him what was the urgency for the visit, what was
the calamity which had to be averted, who was the Bhaktha involved etc.
He said that it was not a 'calamity' this time, but it was a dying person to
whom He had to give His Darsan, at the time of death. "That was why you saw
Vibhuthi issue from My mouth. When I give Darsan to a dying person, that
happens. Remember this".
We searched our memories for the name and address of the Dehra Dun devotee but,
we could not recall any one's name. Then Baba Himself volunteered the
information. He said, "Don't you remember Dr. Krishna, the Lady Medical Officer
from Vellore, who comes here often? It was her mother who passed away ten
minutes ago, at Dehra Dun". And, He was speaking to three of us, in His room at
the Prashanthi Nilayam at Puttaparthi, on 15th November 1958, at 5-40 P.M.!
At 5-20 P.M. that day, while Baba was reading out a letter He suddenly shouted,
"Ha!", as if He was answering some one calling Him from afar and fell on the
floor, as if He had thrown His body and left it in a trice, on journey! There
were two more in the room, besides myself and, we watched over Him helplessly,
praying to Him, for what could we do other than that? At 5-30 P.M, Baba coughed
thrice and there gushed from His mouth the sacred Vibhuthi. We wondered what
could it mean. Ten minutes later, He came back and sat up. It was then that we
ventured to ask Him, "Where had You been Swami?"
We knew Dr. Krishna and had seen her at Puttaparthi and at Delhi, when Baba
visited the home of the Doctor. When Baba was at Rishikesh, the mother had come
down to the place and she had even the unique satisfaction of worshipping Baba.
And, so we were glad that the mother was privileged to have the Darsan of the
Lord, during her last moments.
Baba told us, in answer to our questions, that Dr. Krishna was at her beside at
Dehra Dun, that she was actually there at the time , holding the pulse and that
it was quiet and a happy death. He said that all the nearest and dearest were
around the bed. "She was a very pious lady and she got the death she deserved",
He said. "They are doing Bhajana in that room! The atmosphere is so pure and
holy", He announced. Surely, we thought, that was why Baba blessed the soul.
We were all indeed lucky that we could witness this Manifestation of the Divine
Mystery, for as Baba has often said, "Only the Lord can discern the exact
moment of the liberation of a soul".
The 15th of November was a Saturday. On Tuesday, the 18th, the post brought an
Inland Letter from Dehra Dun, which Baba gave me to read and when it was
opened, lo, it was from Dr. Krishna herself! She had posted it on Sunday, with
extra stamps and it had to come fast and flying to Baba's Hands.
"My mother drew her last breath", it said, "at 5-30 P.M. yesterday". Dr.Krishna
had also written that they were doing Bhajan in the room for some time and that
her mother was praying to Baba during her last moments. She concluded her
letter thus, " I guess she had Your Darsan."
She guessed hundreds of miles away! And we were told by Baba at Prasanthi
Nilayam that her guess had come true!
Sai Ram
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