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remains awake, he might never become ready for being hospitalized and hence, like it or lump it, they have to inject a syringe and make him go away into a deep sleep. The stretcher was quickly brought about to the 4th floor upaashray of Premsagar apartment in Mazgaon Mumbai. Dharmasuri Maharaj would have surely been driven to the hospital, if it wasn't for the ward boy's mistake bringing the stretcher inside the upaashray. While it was arriving, the stretcher's edge struck with the door and Dharmasuri Maharaj woke up with its noise. He quickly identified the consequences and in his objection, he uttered a word triple time, with a broken but powerful voice, "Abij... Abij... Abij”. My elders use to say that he had spoken those words with such a tremendous force, that each and every one standing there, heard that. Remind you that he was paralyzed since the last 4 years and presently, he was bearing such a terrible pain, in which it was impossible for anyone to even think of speaking something.
But what was the reason he was refusing to visit the hospital? What was the wrong for him to be cured? So many people had an egregious devotion towards him that they might apprehend his each and every command and implement it with full dedication! If he remains alive, so many followers like these people, might remain attached with the religion, through his inspirational teachings.
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Temples formed with the inspiration of Dharmasuri Maharaj
When I had read this incident for the very first time in Yugdivakar, many other questions along with this one, popped up in my mind. But later on, with the passage of time, I started understanding the technical reason why was Dharmasuri Maharaj opposing suggestion of the doctors.
He would always emphasize on the concept of "SamadhiMaran" or peaceful death. He would say that the person, who suffers, the unsustainable pain at his death time, is so much perplexed, that it hardly becomes possible for him to maintain the peace in his mind. In this moment, if he's surrounded by the team of doctors who are proving unsuccessful in curing him or the relatives weeping for his poor condition, his embarrassment adopts an increment and he pails to strengthen his peace and fortitude. But if he's provided the religious atmosphere around him, his attention gets diverted towards the pious elements and automatically receives the positive thoughts for the acquirement of Samadhi-Maran. Dharmasuri Maharaj knew that if his fatality possesses the end of his life span, he would have to abdicate this world, no matter, however the doctors sweat to save him at such times his Samadhi-Maran might remain ensured. It is between the disciples on providing the desired environment in the upaashray. His repetition of words, "Abij... Ahij... Ahij..." were trying to exhibit, "Here... here... here itself. If I require to take my last breath tonight; it might happen here itself!"
His disciples and even the doctors hearing these words bent down in front of his speechless determination. They decided not to hurt his feelings. and let him perform his last