How kakbhushundi was a time traveler?

How kakbhushundi was a time traveler? And how did he watch ramayama for 11 times?

Kakabhushundi is depicted as a devotee of Rama, who narrates the story of the Ramayana to Garuda in the form of a crow. He is described to be one of the Chiranjivis, an immortal being in Hinduism who is to remain alive on earth until the end of the current Kali Yuga.

He witnessed a cosmic vision in Rama's mouth, observing millions of suns and moons within, and a vision of the sage himself in Ayodhya within each celestial object. He resided within each of these realms for centuries, and returned from Rama's mouth to find himself return to the same moment in time as he had left.

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings.

meaning of Kakbhushundi;-

According to Hinduism, who and what is Kakbhushundi? Kakbhushundi is a sage who was a great devotee of Lord Ram. Kak literally means crow

Kakabhushundi Time Travel

According to Vedas and Puranas, Kakabhushundi has witnessed 11 Ramayanas and 16 Mahabharata. He will continue to live in his eternal form till the end of the Kalpa.

Who is Kakabhushundi? How was he born? How is he able to travel around time? Is there any reference of him in any of Hindu scripture? If so, where?

What were the 11 more ending results of Ramayana and 16 different results of Mahabharata watched by Kakbhushundi?

What are the different endings of Ramayana and Mahabharata accoring to Kakbhushundi? Please don't explian his origin, I have read enough answers that only mention his origin etc. I specifically want to know the alternate stories and endings.

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings. Is there any mention of these different endings?

Does Kakbhushundi in Ramcharitmanas claims that he has seen different Ramayans with different outcomes of various universes?

It is said that Shri Kakabhushundi has seen 11 different Ramayana and 16 different Mahabharatas each with different endings. Is there any mention of these different endings?

i only know some part of it and will be answering the same,

shri kakabhushundi when they went into prabhu shri ramji’s stomach, they saw infinite number of universes, infinite number of ayodhas, infinite number of saryu rivers, infinite number of kaushalya ji and dashrath ji and infinite number of everything, everything was different from one another in different timelines but there was only one paramtattva nirakaar prabhu shri ramji who was same in every universe and every timeline, there was no change in them as they are the cause of all the causes and everything originates from them and will

Who is Kakabhushundi? How was he born? How is he able to travel around time? Is there any reference of him in any of Hindu scripture? If so, where?

There was once a learned Brahman, who was also a devotee of Shiva. He happened to meet a young man from Ayodhya who was very arrogant and egoistic. But the young man was also a Shiva devotee and wished to be the disciple of the Brahman.

Although the young man had grown up in Ayodhya, he had a very strong aversion for Rama and worshipped only Shiva. His guru, the kind Brahman, always tried to make him realize that even Shiva and Brahma bow before Rama, and if you think you can attain Shiva by disrespecting Rama then you will be not be able to attain anything at all. However, the young man did no

What are the different endings of Ramayana and Mahabharata accoring to Kakbhushundi? Please don't explian his origin, I have read enough answers that only mention his origin etc. I specifically want to know the alternate stories and endings.

Kakbhushubdi saw 11 Versions of Ramayana unfold

Each time a different outcome

The first was an outcome where Dasaratha never took the divine nectar and remained Childless and died at the hands of Ravana and Ayodhya was broken to pieces

Another was Ravana being assassinated by his own son Meghanadh

Another was Laxman dying and Rama losing heart in the battle

Another was Bali killing Sugriva

Another was Ravanas son Mahiravana sacrificing Laxman to a Goddess and the Goddess angered burning down Lanka

Each time Kakbhushubdi flew in circles from the beginning to the end and each time he flew back to a new version of Ramayan. 

Ma Anandmayi and Sri Udiya Baba

"Sri Udiya Baba was a realized saint of great fame Northern part of India. Udiya Baba was guru of Haribaba and Avadhootji. They  often stayed at Vrindavan in Udiya Baba’s ashram. In 40's when Ma Anandmanyi ( MA) would visit vrindavan, Uriya baba would look situations around her from distance and criticize her. He would say "Who is this woman in white clothes that people are going crazy about?! She is not even a saint. She is not wearing safron, just a white saree!" One day when Ma was in Vrindavan She asked Nirmalananda to get a rickshaw and told him to take Her to Udiya baba's ashram! They went. On reaching the ashram they saw a huge crowd and Baba was giving some discourse in the hall and ladies were sitting on one side and the men on the other side as is usually done. Ma covered Her head with saree right upto Her stomach in Ghunghat style. (Ladies in olden days were supposed to do the Ghunghat and not show their faces to the males.) She went and sat in the female section in the crowd and asked Nirmalda to go and sit in the male section in the crowd, on the floor. When the discourse got over all went to do pranam to Udiya baba, some with flowers, some with garlands. Ma stood in line and when Her turn came, she went to him with Her Ghunghat till Her tummy and extended just Her two hands towards him as if to let him hold both of them! The moment he saw the two hands, he screamed-"These are the hands of the Jagat Janani!" Saying this Ma immediately removed Her Saree, looked at him and burst out in her very loud laughter. Later Udiya Baba revealed that previously he had seen in his vision this hands. So he immediately recognized the hands of the Jagat Janani. 

Thereafter Ma often visited his ashram to attend satsangs and ‘Raslila’ there. Udiya Baba had great affection and devotion towards Ma. Once, in presence of mahatmas, Udiya Baba caught hold of Ma’s hand in great emotion and with tears, he said — "Ma, I failed to recognize you.” At Vrindavan, Many times, when Udiya Baba was ill he would not leave Ma and would demand her presence by his sickbed.  Ma had given a hint to Gurupriya didi that Udiya Baba's demise was close. Soon after, Udiya Baba suddenly met with an accident in his ashram and passed away. Ma was present during Babaji’s ‘phandara’ (feast) and other functions of his mahasamadhi."

 

There are many divine and miraculous stories between the two of them. One time also, After Uriya Babas demise, years later, Haribaba was in his deathbed. MA revealed that Uriya Baba came to her in astral body  and asked her saving Haribaba. -"He shouldn't die, he has lot to do. Save him" Haribaba was definitely saved and his visions about MA  during those  sick days are whole other divine story.

Ramlala - The Divine Child

About the year 1864 there came to Dakshineswar a wandering Vaishnava monk, Jatadhari, whose Ideal Deity was Rama. He always carried with him a small metal image of the Deity, which he called by the endearing name of Ramlala, the Boy Rama. Toward this little image he displayed the tender affection of Kausalya for her divine Son, Rama.

Sri Ramakrishna, much impressed with his devotion, requested Jatadhari to spend a few days at Dakshineswar. Soon Ramlala became the favourite companion of Sri Ramakrishna too. Later on he described to the devotees how the little image would dance gracefully before him, jump on his back, insist on being taken in his arms, run to the fields in the sun, pluck flowers from the bushes, and play pranks like a naughty boy. A very sweet relationship sprang up between him and Ramlala, for whom he felt the love of a mother.

One day Jatadhari requested Sri Ramakrishna to keep the image and bade him adieu with tearful eyes. He declared that Ramlala had fulfilled his innermost prayer and that he now had no more need of formal worship. A few days later Sri Ramakrishna was blessed through Ramlala with a vision of Ramachandra, whereby he realized that the Rama of the Ramayana, the son of Dasaratha, pervades the whole universe as Spirit and Consciousness; that He is its Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer; that, in still another aspect, He is the transcendental Brahman, without form, attribute, or name.

While worshipping Ramlala as the Divine Child, Sri Ramakrishna's heart became filled with motherly tenderness, and he began to regard himself as a woman. His speech and gestures changed. During this time he worshipped the Divine Mother as Her companion or handmaid.

(The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna/Introduction/RAMLALA)

God always keeps for himself a chosen country

God always keeps for himself a chosen country in which the higher knowledge is through all chances and dangers, by the few or the many, continually preserved, and for the present, in this caturyuga at least, that country is India. Whenever He chooses to take the full pleasure of ignorance, of the dualities, of strife and wrath and tears and weakness and selfishness, the tāmasic and rājasic pleasures, of the play of the Kali in short, He dims the knowledge in India and puts her down into weakness and degradation so that she may retire into herself and not interfere with this movement of His līlā. When He wants to rise up from the mud and Narayana in man to become once again mighty and wise and blissful, then He once more pours out the knowledge on India and raises her up so that she may give the knowledge with its necessary consequences of might, wisdom and bliss to the whole world. When there is the contracted movement of knowledge, the yogins in India withdraw from the world and practise yoga for their own liberation and delight or for the liberation of a few disciples; but when the movement of knowledge again expands and the soul of India expands with it, they come forth once more and work in the world and for the world. Yogins like Janaka, Ajātashatru and Kārtavirya once more sit on the thrones of the world and govern the nations. 

Sri Aurobindo

The Yoga and Its Objects

मृत्यु से भय कैसा ??"

इस कहानी को समय देकर अवश्य पढें-जब मृत्यु का भय सताये तब इस कथा को पढ़ें एवं भविष्य में सदैव स्मरण रखें÷ ("मृत्यु से भय कैसा ??").... ।।सुन्दर दृष्टान्त ।।

राजा परीक्षित को श्रीमद्भागवत पुराण सुनातें हुए जब शुकदेव जी महाराज को छह दिन बीत गए और तक्षक ( सर्प ) के काटने से मृत्यु होने का एक दिन शेष रह गया, तब भी राजा परीक्षित का शोक और मृत्यु का भय दूर नहीं हुआ। अपने मरने की घड़ी निकट आती देखकर राजा का मन क्षुब्ध हो रहा था।तब शुकदेव जी महाराज ने परीक्षित को एक कथा सुनानी आरंभ की।राजन ! 

बहुत समय पहले की बात है, एक राजा किसी जंगल में शिकार खेलने गया। संयोगवश वह रास्ता भूलकर बड़े घने जंगल में जा पहुँचा। 

उसे रास्ता ढूंढते-ढूंढते रात्रि पड़ गई और भारी वर्षा पड़ने लगी। 

जंगल में सिंह व्याघ्र आदि बोलने लगे। वह राजा बहुत डर गया और किसी प्रकार उस भयानक जंगल में रात्रि बिताने के लिए विश्राम का स्थान ढूंढने लगा।रात के समय में अंधेरा होने की वजह से उसे एक दीपक दिखाई दिया।

वहाँ पहुँचकर उसने एक गंदे बहेलिये की झोंपड़ी देखी । वह बहेलिया ज्यादा चल-फिर नहीं सकता था, इसलिए झोंपड़ी में ही एक ओर उसने मल-मूत्र त्यागने का स्थान बना रखा था।अपने खाने के लिए जानवरों का मांस उसने झोंपड़ी की छत पर लटका रखा था।बड़ी गंदी, छोटी, अंधेरी और दुर्गंधयुक्त वह झोंपड़ी थी।उस झोंपड़ी को देखकर पहले तो राजा ठिठका, लेकिन पीछे उसने सिर छिपाने का कोई और आश्रय न देखकर उस बहेलिये से अपनी झोंपड़ी में रात भर ठहर जाने देने के लिए प्रार्थना की।

बहेलिये ने कहा कि आश्रय के लोभी राहगीर कभी-कभी यहाँ आ भटकते हैं।

मैं उन्हें ठहरा तो लेता हूँ, लेकिन दूसरे दिन जाते समय वे बहुत झंझट करते हैं।

इस झोंपड़ी की गंध उन्हें ऐसी भा जाती है कि फिर वे उसे छोड़ना ही नहीं चाहते और इसी में ही रहने की कोशिश करते हैं एवं अपना कब्जा जमाते हैं।ऐसे झंझट में मैं कई बार पड़ चुका हूँ।

इसलिए मैं अब किसी को भी यहां नहीं ठहरने देता।

 मैं आपको भी इसमें नहीं ठहरने दूंगा।

राजा ने प्रतिज्ञा की कि वह सुबह होते ही इस झोंपड़ी को अवश्य खाली कर देगा। 

उसका काम तो बहुत बड़ा है, यहाँ तो वह संयोगवश भटकते हुए आया है, सिर्फ एक रात्रि ही काटनी है।

बहेलिये ने राजा को ठहरने की अनुमति दे दी l

बहेलिये ने सुबह होते ही बिना कोई झंझट किए झोंपड़ी खाली कर देने की शर्त को फिर दोहरा दिया ।

राजा रात भर एक कोने में पड़ा सोता रहा। 

सोने पर झोंपड़ी की दुर्गंध उसके मस्तिष्क में ऐसी बस गई कि सुबह उठा तो वही सब परमप्रिय लगने लगा।अपने जीवन के वास्तविक उद्देश्य को भूलकर वह वहीं निवास करने की बात सोचने लगा।वह बहेलिये से अपने और ठहरने की प्रार्थना करने लगा।

इस पर बहेलिया भड़क गया और राजा को भला-बुरा कहने लगा।राजा को अब वह जगह छोड़ना झंझट लगने लगा और दोनों के बीच उस स्थान को लेकर विवाद खड़ा हो गया । कथा सुनाकर शुकदेव जी महाराज ने परीक्षित से पूछा,"परीक्षित ! बताओ, उस राजा का उस स्थान पर सदा रहने के लिए झंझट करना उचित था ?"

परीक्षित ने उत्तर दिया," भगवन् ! वह कौन राजा था, उसका नाम तो बताइये ?

वह तो बड़ा भारी मूर्ख जान पड़ता है, जो ऐसी गंदी झोंपड़ी में, अपनी प्रतिज्ञा तोड़कर एवं अपना वास्तविक उद्देश्य भूलकर, नियत अवधि से भी अधिक रहना चाहता है। 

उसकी मूर्खता पर तो मुझे आश्चर्य होता है।

"श्री शुकदेव जी महाराज ने कहा," हे राजा परीक्षित ! 

वह बड़े भारी मूर्ख तो स्वयं आप ही हैं।

इस मल-मूल की गठरी देह (शरीर) में जितने समय आपकी आत्मा को रहना आवश्यक था, 

वह अवधि तो कल समाप्त हो रही है। अब आपको उस लोक जाना है, जहाँ से आप आएं हैं। 

फिर भी आप झंझट फैला रहे हैं और मरना नहीं चाहते।

क्या यह आपकी मूर्खता नहीं है ?

राजा परीक्षित का ज्ञान जाग पड़ा और वे बंधन मुक्ति के लिए सहर्ष तैयार हो गए।

भाई - बहनों, वास्तव में यही सत्य है। जब एक जीव अपनी माँ की कोख से जन्म लेता है तो अपनी माँ की कोख के अन्दर भगवान से प्रार्थना करता है कि हे भगवन् ! 

मुझे यहाँ ( इस कोख ) से मुक्त कीजिए, मैं आपका भजन-सुमिरन करूँगा।

और जब वह जन्म लेकर इस संसार में आता है तो (उस राजा की तरह हैरान होकर ) सोचने लगता है कि मैं ये कहाँ आ गया ( और पैदा होते ही रोने लगता है ) फिर उस गंध से भरी झोंपड़ी की तरह उसे यहाँ की खुशबू ऐसी भा जाती है कि वह अपना वास्तविक उद्देश्य भूलकर यहाँ से जाना ही नहीं चाहता ।

अतः संसार में आने के अपने वास्तविक उद्देश्य को पहचाने और उसको प्राप्त करें ऐसा कर लेने पर आपको मृत्यु का भय नहीं सताएगा।।

अफजल खां का वध

20 नवम्बर, 1659 ई. - अफजल खां का वध :- बीजापुर की तरफ से अफजल खां को छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज के खिलाफ भेजा गया। अफजल खां 10 हज़ार की फौज समेत रवाना हुआ। अफ़ज़ल खां ने सौगंध खाई कि "मैं घोड़े पर बैठे-बैठे ही शिवाजी को बांध कर लाऊंगा"।

शिवाजी महाराज और अफजल खां के बीच पत्र व्यवहार हुआ, जिसके तहत दोनों ने मिलकर समझौता करना स्वीकार किया। शिवाजी महाराज ने पेशवा और सेनापति नेताजी पालकर के नेतृत्व में 2 बड़ी फ़ौजों को प्रतापगढ़ के जंगलों में छिपे रहने का आदेश दिया। कृष्णजी भास्कर ने अफजल खां की योजना पहले ही शिवाजी महाराज को बता दी।

अफ़ज़ल खां के डेरे के निकट जाने के बाद शिवाजी महाराज ने संदेशा भिजवाकर कहलवाया कि "भेंट की जगह से सैयद बांदा को हटाना होगा।" फिर वैसा ही किया गया। शिवाजी महाराज भीतर गए, जहां दोनों पक्षों के 4-4 लोग थे। खुद नेता, 2-2 शरीर रक्षक और 1-1 ब्राम्हण दूत।

जब दोनों पक्षों में मुलाकात हुई, तब शिवाजी महाराज दिखने में शस्त्रहीन लग रहे थे, परन्तु अफ़ज़ल खां ने तलवार लटका रखी थी। शामियाने के बीच में चबूतरे के ऊपर अफ़ज़ल खां बैठा था। शिवाजी महाराज चबूतरे पर चढ़े। शिवाजी महाराज का कद अफ़ज़ल खां के कंधे तक ही पहुंचता था।

जब गले मिलने का वक्त आया तो अफजल खां ने बाएं हाथ से शिवाजी महाराज का गला जोर से दबाया और दाहिने हाथ से कटार निकालकर शिवाजी महाराज की बाई बगल में भोंक दी, लेकिन शिवाजी महाराज ने पहले ही अन्दर एक कवच पहन रखा था, जिससे अफजल खां का वार खाली गया।

शिवाजी महाराज ने बाघनखा से उसकी आँतें चीर डालीं और दूसरे हाथ से बिछवा निकालकर अफजल खां की बगल में घोंप दिया। अफ़ज़ल खां कराह उठा और चिल्लाकर कहने लगा कि "मार डाला, मार डाला, मुझको धोखा देकर मार डाला"।

शिवाजी महाराज मंच से कूदकर अपने आदमियों की तरफ दौड़े। तभी सैयद बांदा ने हमला कर शिवाजी महाराज के तुरबन (पगड़ी) के 2 टुकड़े कर दिए। शिवाजी महाराज ने पहले ही पगड़ी के भीतर लोहे की एक टोपी पहन रखी थी, इसलिए सिर में घाव नहीं लगा। इतने में जीव महाला ने सैयद बांदा का एक हाथ काट दिया और अगले ही वार में सैयद बांदा कत्ल हुआ।

अफजल खां के आदमियों ने जख्मी अफजल खां को पालकी में बिठाया और ले जाने लगे, लेकिन शम्भूजी कावजी ने अनुचरों के पैरों पर चोट करके पालकी गिरा दी और अफजल खां का सिर काटकर शिवाजी महाराज के पास हाजिर हुए। शिवाजी महाराज neप्रतापगढ़ किले में जाकर तोप चलाकर अपने सैनिकों को संकेत दिया, जिससे मोरो त्रिम्बक और नेताजी पालकर ने हजारों की फौज समेत बीजापुर की फौज को घेर लिया।

बीजापुरी फौज के कईं ऊँट, हाथी व 3000 सैनिक कत्ल हुए। शिवाजी महाराज की सेना ने 65 हाथी, 4000 घोड़े, कई ऊँट, 2000 कपड़ों के गट्ठर, 10 लाख का धन और जेवर छीन लिए। अफजल खां के 2 बेटे, 2 मददगार मराठा ज़मीदार और एक बड़े ओहदे ke  सिपहसलार कैद हुए।

अफ़ज़ल खां की स्त्रियां और उसका बड़ा बेटा फ़ज़ल खां भागने में सफल रहे। ये शिवाजी महाराज की अब तक की सबसे बड़ी विजय थी और इस विजय neसमूचे भारतवर्ष में शिवाजी महाराज का रुतबा फैला दिया। उन्होंने विजेताओं और वीरगति को प्राप्त होने वालों के परिवार वालों को धन, इनाम आदि दिए।

4th July 1902 - Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi

On the same day (4th July 1902) Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi upon his own will, but his words are immortal that he still inspires all through them. 

Given below are details about his Mahasamadhi:

A week before the end, Vivekananda asked Shuddhananda to bring him the Bengali almanac. Swamiji turned several pages and then kept it in his room. He was seen several times on subsequent days studying the almanac intently, as if looking for something auspicious. … Three days before his passing away, while walking on the spacious lawn of the monastery with Premananda, Swamiji said to him, pointing to a particular spot on the bank of the Ganges: “When I give up the body, cremate it there”. Today on that spot stands a temple in his honour.

Sister Nivedita wrote: “When June closed … he knew well enough that the end was near. “I am making ready for death!” – he said to one, who was with him, on the Wednesday before he died: “A great tapasya (austerity) and meditation has come upon me, I am making ready for death”.

Once in Kashmir, after an attack of illness, I had seen him lift a couple of pebbles, saying: “Whenever death approaches me, all weakness vanishes. I have neither fear, nor doubt, nor thought of the external. I simply busy myself making ready to die. I am as hard as that” – and the stones struck one another in his hand: “for I have touched the feet of God!” …

On Wednesday (2 July) of the same week, the day being Ekadashi, and himself keeping the fast in all strictness, he insisted on serving the morning (noon) meal to the same disciple (Nivedita). Each dish as it was offered – boiled seeds of the jackfruit, boiled potatoes, plain rice, and ice-cold milk – formed the subject of playful chat; and finally, to end the meal, he himself poured the water over the hands and dried them with a towel.

“It is I, who should do these things for you, Swamiji! Not you for me!” – was the protest naturally offered. But his answer was startling in its solemnity: “Jesus washed the feet of his disciples”. Something checked the answer: “But it was the last time!” – as it rose to the lips, and the words remained unuttered”.

On his last day, Friday, 4 July 1902, Vivekananda got up very early in the morning as usual and went to the shrine for meditation. He was not sick at all. During breakfast he was in a jovial mood, teasing Premananda and recalling many events of olden times. He had fruit, milk and tea. …

At 8:00 a.m. he again entered the shrine for meditation. When at 9:30 a.m. Premananda entered the shrine to perform the daily worship, Swamiji asked him to carry his asana (carpet) to the Master’s bedroom, which was adjacent to the shrine, and shut all doors and windows. Swamiji dusted the Master’s bed with his own hand, and again sat for meditation. Never before he performed such meditation in the monastery. What transpired there, no one knows. He finished his meditation at 11:00 a.m., and then began to sing a song about Kali in his sweet voice which the monks heard from downstairs. …

Descending the stairs of the shrine, he walked back and forth in the courtyard of the monastery. He appeared indrawn, as if travelling to a distant land. Suddenly Swamiji said to himself: “If there were another Vivekananda, then he would have understood what this Vivekananda has done! And yet – how many Vivekanandas shall be born in time!” His statement was overheard by Premananda, who was standing on the veranda of the chapel. Never before had Swamiji spoken like this.

Then he expressed a desire to worship Mother Kali at the monastery the following day. …

At noon he heartily enjoyed his lunch with the monks in the dining room. Because of his illness, he had generally taken his meals in his room. … He talked awhile and then went to his room to rest. After fifteen minutes he came out of his room and told Premananda: “Let us go and study. Day sleep is not good for a monk. Today I did not get any sleep”. … He went to the library and called the brahmacharins to attend the class on Sanskrit grammar. One who attended this class wrote: “The class lasted for nearly three hours. But no monotony was felt. … He, however, appeared a little tired after grammar class”. 

Swamiji wanted each disciple to be original and not to follow him blindly. Warning against false prophets, who might come in the future, he said to the boys: “If any man ever imitates me, kick him out. Do not imitate me”.

At 4:30 p.m. … he went for a walk with Premananda to Belur bazaar, one mile away. …

At 5:30 p.m. he returned to the monastery from his walk. He sat on a bench under the mango tree and said: “My health is so good today, which I have not felt for a long time”. Swamiji talked to Premananda and other monks about the history  of European civilization and also colonial history. “India is immortal”, - he said: “if she persists in her search for God. But if she goes in for politics and social conflict, she will die”. …

At 6:30 p.m. when he found that some monks were taking tea, he went to them and said: “Will you give me a cup of tea?” He enjoyed the tea with them. When the vesper bell was rung at 7:00, he got up and went to his room upstairs. … Entering his room, Swamiji said to his attendant Brahmachari Brajendra: “My body is very light today. I feel fine. Please give me my rosary”. He sat facing the Ganges. Before he began his meditation, he asked Brajendra to go to the other room, and instructed him: “Wait and meditate till I call you”. After an hour, at 8:00, the swami called Brajendra and asked him to fan his head. Swamiji told him to open all the windows of his room, because he was feeling hot. Then, he laid himself down on his bed on the floor. He still had the rosary in his hand. After a while Swamiji said to him: “All right, no more need for fanning! It would be better if you give a little massage to my feet”. Soon, he seemed to fall asleep, and one hour passed in this manner. Vivekananda was lying on his left side and the brahmacharin was massaging his feet. He then moved and lay down on his back; shortly after that, he cried out like a baby cries for its mother. Towards the end, Brajendra noticed that Swamiji’s right hand trembled a little, there was perspiration on his forehead, he breathed a deep breath, and his head rolled down by the pillow. There was silence for a minute or two, and again he breathed in the same manner; his body became still. It was 9:10 p.m. … Vivekananda passed away at the age of thirty-nine years … thus fulfilling his own prophecy: “I shall never see forty”.

In the beginning of his mission Vivekananda had said: “I am a voice without a form”. Towards the end, he said: “It may be that I shall find it good to get outside of my body – to cast it off like a disused garment. But I shall not cease to work! I shall inspire men everywhere, until the world shall know that it is One with God”.

(“Swami Vivekananda – A Biography: By His Eastern and Western Disciples”, Advaita Ashrama, April 1960, Mahasamadhi)