Page 23 - Path to Perfection

A few days before His Maha Samadhi he said, “Many liberated souls are present around my bed. This is sure proof that the hour to be with my beloved has come.”
In the end he was attacked by diarrhea and consequently became so very weak that he could not walk by himself. On 14th August 1931, the day of leaving his mortal remains he came to the puja room unaided, and all by himself lay on his bed with eyes closed, never to be opened again. At 1 A.M. in the night the light, which had illuminated and enlightened the hearts of groaning humanity with unparalleled love and changed the face of the earth, allowed itself to be extinguished.