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In Samvat 1858 Magshar Sud 13, (Thursday 17th December 1801) Shree Ramanand Swami withdrew his human appearance in the village of Faneni. Prior to his departure, he commanded his disciples, “Do not bury my body, do not cremate it, nor should you submerge it in water. You should merely leave my body in a dense forest.” According to his command, the disciples placed Shree Ramanand Swami’s body on a palanquin and ceremoniously carried him to a solitary place in a forest, where they left him and returned.
Meanwhile a herdsman, who was minding his goats, came to the vicinity where Shree Ramanand Swami’s body had been left. He looked towards Shree Ramanand Swami. All of a sudden, Shree Ramanand Swami opened his eyes and stood up from the padmasan. He stretched out his arms and started flapping them like the wings of a bird. Shree Ramanand Swami flew into the sky and eventually disappeared. The herdsman was stunned. The darshan of such a divine sant was truly magnificent. The herdsman felt a sense of immense bliss in his heart. When he came to the village, he conveyed his experience to Shree Ramanand Swami’s disciples. The disciples were all delighted to hear about what the herdsman had witnessed.
Shree Ramanand Swami disappeared into the sky. This shows that the Lord and His divine personages are not bound by normal human processes of birth and death. They can appear and disappear in any manner they wish. |
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Extracted from the scripture, Shree Swaminarayan Gadi, by Acharya Swamishree Purushottampriyadasji Maharaj. Chapter 11 – Revelation of the Swaminarayan Name
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