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"In a vast barren area there may be a single tree that may give shade and peace. There the birds may be playfully living in pleasure, peace and happiness. How much miserable would they feel, if that tree is set ablaze? Can they have peace even for a moment? Alas! Even the great poets are unable to describe that misery. Oh Lord! Where did you go leaving behind such a misery for the low-laid people in this dense forest of the worldly life?
"Oh sacred land of Bharat, could you not bear the weight of the Lord, who, while being embodied, was prevailing transcendentally? If you did not bear, you should have ridden the load of this lowlaid, whom you have rendered vainly burdensome on the earth!
"Oh highly terrible Time, Did you not have any trace of mercy! You have taken the toll of millions during the famine of 1900 and still you are not satisfied! If you are not yet satiated, you should have first taken the prey of this body. Why did you cause the lasting separation from the calm and tranquil Lord? You could have used your mercilessness and harshness towards me! Why are you smiling at me!
"Oh goddess in charge of the religious Order, how did your strength evaporate in face of the Time? The graceful Guru was a leader in serving the cause of religious order. You were offering obeisance to him with mind, words and body, and were remaining at his service. What type of happiness were you involved in so that you could not think of what this wicked Time was up to?
"Oh Lord, in your absence where shall we lodge our complaints? Since you have behaved without mercy, who else is going to feel compassionate to us? Lord, how much do I remember your highest attributes of supreme grace, infinite compassion, delicate heart, capability of winning over the heart, acute detachment, unprecedented enlightenment, illustrious right knowledge, right perception and right conduct, benevolent approach, unfathomable peace, innate compassion, selfless teaching, unprecedented communion etc.? The learned poets and mighty kings are unable to properly adore your virtues. Recalling your highest attributes, I bow at your feet with body, mind and spirit. Let your vigor, your words and your instructions protect me forever. Your separation has left me with chanting of your memory, which I am never going to forsake. Sadness, Sadness., Sadness! Nothing else occurs to me. I have been spending day and night while crying; I do not make out anything."
Below are the extracts from a life sketch of Shrimad published by Pioneer of Allahabad after his departure.
"After spending 10 years in the business Shrimad felt that the purpose for which he had started the business has been fulfilled. Hence he expressed his desire to retire from the same. After getting knowledge, wealth, status and family (He had alive mother and father, one married brother, four married sisters, two sons and two daughters) he was preparing to renounce the worldly life and adopt the life of a monk. But at the age of 32 his health took an adverse turn. He was kept under the treatment of expert physicians and it once seemed that he would recover. But the disease relapsed and in spite of expert treatment and care of his admirers he stayed bedridden for a year and left peacefully on April 9 1901 at Rajkot in Saurashtra.
“During his long illness he has never sighed or shown the anxiety. Even when those by his bedside were feeling sad, he remained cheerful.
The above life sketch is enough to show that Shrimad was a man of noteworthy characteristics in every respect. His mental capabilities were amazingly miraculous and the progress in his moral character was surprising. His regard for truth, minutely following moral principles in business, determination to resort to what he considered right in face of the opposition, and high level of idealism inspired those who came in his contact and led them to a higher level. His outward appearance was not awe inspiring, but his tranquility and serenity were unique. By virtue of his
