5th December 2017
On December 5, 1950, at
1.26 a.m. he left his body. Of one thing we may be sure: Sri Aurobindo did not
succumb to death - for him, as for all great yogis - it was ichha
mrityu. The Mother has said categorically: 'Our Lord has sacrificed
himself totally for us.... He was not compelled to leave his body, he chose to
do so for reasons so sublime that they are beyond the reach of human
mentality.' Indeed the total significance of this supreme sacrifice will remain
ungrasped by our limited intelligence. His body was suffused with a
crimson-gold light. Power and peace and bliss filled the room. Many who came -
and they came by thousands - were spell-bound, dumb and overwhelmed.
Untarnished, undimmed for five days the body lay in state. On the 9th, at 5
p.m. it was interred in a vault in the Ashram courtyard under the cool shade of
the 'Service Tree'.
The Mother's prayer of
gratitude is inscribed in English and French on the two sides of the Samadhi:
To Thee who hast been the material envelope of our
Master, to Thee our infinite gratitude. Before Thee who hast done so much for
us, who hast worked, struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much, before Thee
who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us, before Thee
we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe
to Thee.
(Excerpt from Chapter 14, “Sri Aurobindo for all ages”,
Nirodbaran, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Puducherry)
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