Book Title: Treasure Of Qualities Introduction to Inspiring Life of Acharya Vijaydharmsuri Maharaj
Author(s): Prashamratnavijay
Publisher: Dharmkrupa Trust
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Aaradhna (devotion) with uttermost peace and satiety all the treatments carried over him were completely stopped and the Shravak of Mazgaon were all summoned to generate the best religious environment, they could do with the continuous chants of Navkar Mahamantra.
Perfectly in the early morning time of 5.56 am he started moving his vision towards all of his disciples standing around him. The last one on the right side beside him was his forever accompanying disciple Panyas Suryodayvijayji Maharaj (My great grand gurudev). The eyes which were moving gradually from left to right paused on Suryodayvijayji Maharaj and at that very moment when the clock indicated the time of 5.58 am, he closed his eyes forever and left this world. His soul departed for the heaven and with that, it was the end of the physical existence of YUGDIVAKAR- the Sun of the Era.
I'm much thankful to my destiny that it didn't keep me present at that time, because, it would have become impossible for a weak-hearted person to have even being present during the Kaaldharma of my great grand GURUDEV. Anyways, in true sense it wasn't an occasion to weep or regret for his departure instead, it was the occasion to salute the honourable life he had lived and the philanthropic activities he had done in his entire birth. Generally, when some of the greatest world personalities succumb to death, people relate the final journeys with the non-periodic rains of some miraculous incidents, as the emblems of nature grief. But here, there was nothing like such as there was no reason nature had to woe for! It knew that there was never an end of Dharmasuri Maharaj. His
name and fame had already done a permanent reservation in this world at the time when he was engaged in the summit measures related to the betterment of public.
His final rituals were decided to be held on the 2nd Day of Kaaldharma so that it becomes comfortable for the devotees arriving from various places. It was decided to bring his corpse to the Godiji Upaashray for the Final darshan but before he arrives, there was a long-long queue of devotees waiting outside at the all-time busy streets of Pydhunie. The news of his Kaaldharma had already reached everywhere by the means of Social Media and hence every hour a host of Shravak / Shravika joined in and were making the queue unending. The organizers had to create a lot of preparations for the next day, but they were undergoing a serious shortage of place as the temple premises were already choked up by the devotees. Finally, the preparations were made elsewhere and wonderful palanquin was created for the final journey of DHARMASURI Maharaj.
Next day at 8 in the morning, the last journey of Dharmasuri Maharaj was commenced from Godiji temple. As Dharmasuri Maharaj had the highest affection with the Aadinath Bhagwaan of Chembur, the funeral was held at Chembur, which means they had to travel 21 Kms., bare feet from Godiji with the Palanquin. History claims that, such a long ending journey of a Jain Saint was organized for the very first time. Passing from various regions of Western and Central Mumbai, they reached Chembur at 2 pm in the burning afternoon. One strange point to know after this is
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