Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission

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a true liberation-seeker and wrote to him many letters on his own indicating his state of mind. Saubhägyabhäi's death in 1897 was a great loss to Shrimad. While writing eulogy over his death Shrimad has observed as under:
“It is no doubt that while leaving the body Shri Sobhäg gained unique well being by maintaining the state of consciousness with unwavering detachment, which is very hard even for the great ascetics. ... We repeatedly feel that it would be rare, in this part of the world at this time, to come across a man like Shri Sobhäg. ... No liberation seeker should ever forget Shri Sobhäg. ... His straight forwardness, firm determination about the ultimate objective, his obligation to the truth-seekers and other qualities are worth reflecting over again and again.”
Laghuräjswämi was a Jain monk known as Lalluji. He was 14 years older than Shrimad. During 1890 while he was in Khambhät, doubt arose in his mind about a precept of the scripture 'Bhagavatisutra'. At that time Ambälälbhäi was talking with his colleagues about the letters from Shrimad. Laghuräjswämi called him and mentioned about his doubt. Ambälälbhäi said that Shrimad was very knowledgeable and could give satisfactory replies to all such questions. He showed the letters from Shrimad that he had brought from Juthabhäi. Laghuräjswämi was impressed by their contents and decided to contact Shrimad. The personal contact thereafter led him to accept Shrimad as his Guru. He survived Shrimad by 35 years and had the opportunity to spread the message of Shrimad. He founded the wellknown Shrimad Räjchandra Äshram at Agäs, about 60 kilometers south of Ahmedabad.
During 1894 when Laghuräjswämi was at Surat, he was suffering from fever for about a year. At that time, one
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