The last breath was as easy and slow as any other previous breath. We were able to decide the last breath only from the fact that that there were no breaths after.’3 Bhagavan had consciously left his body from one breath to the next. While his mind was alert to the end, his breathing ceased at 8.47pm. At that very moment a large light like a star or comet was seen trailing slowly across the sky above Arunachala. ‘H. Cartier-Bresson, the French photographer, who has been here for about a fortnight..., related an experience of his: “It is a most astonishing experience,” he said, ...“ I saw a vividly luminous shooting star with a luminous tail, unlike any shooting star I had before seen, coming from the South, moving slowly across the sky and, reaching the top of Arunachala, disappeared behind it. Because of its singularity we all guessed its import and immediately looked at our watches — it was 8.47 — and then raced to the Ashram only to find that our premonition had been only too sadly true: the Master had passed into Mahanirvana at that very minute.’4 The comet was observed as far away as Madras and Bombay, and many people instantly knew what it portended. FROM THE MOUNTAIN PATH
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