HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai
Maharaj’s consciousness is normal. The doctors are continuing to give
encouraging reports. His oral feeds have increased.
Please continue your prayers.
HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai
Maharaj’s consciousness is the same- normal. Today the urinary catheter was
removed.
The power in his limbs is gradually improving.
Dear Devotees,
Hare Krsna. Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada. All glories to Srila Gurudeva.
The 2nd audio message was recorded by Ekanath Gaura prabhu on 24-Nov-08 and
edited by Tirthatma Nitai prabhu. This message is posted on the url:
http://www.haridesign.com.br/guru_maharaj/guru_maharaj.html
or listen here:
[audio:http://www.jpsoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gm_25november2008_2.mp3]
The transcription of the above message is:
“Hello. Jayapataka Swami here. Hello. Hello. Hare Krsna! 30 days. I am so
tired. Recuperating. Doctor said today, I am out of danger. GAURANGA!!
Your humble servant,
Ratnavali dd
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Jayapataka Swami Maharaja and to read the wonderful, heartmoving letters
from GBCs, his dear Godbrothers, disciples and well wishers.
27th Nov 2008 Afternoon Shift 2pm – 7pm
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I was on the afternoon shift today. Due to Mumbai terrorist attacks, our
ISKCON temple has tightened the security. Many new security measures were
applied. One of it is temple vehicles are not allowed to go out of the
temple premises and outside vehicles also cannot enter inside the temple.
Temple security officer told us, Mumbai is quiet today because many poeple
are afraid to come out. So do not take risk.
Due to this uncertainity, we told one mataji who is staying next to the
hospital to prepare prasadam for Guru Maharaja. Marici Prabhu, Nitai Prasad
Prabhu, Srivas Pran Prabhu and myself still went ahead to the hospital by
taxi. Today we reached the hospital within 20 minutes time. Streets are very
quiet. Many shops are closed. Even the hospital was very quiet. Not many
people during the visiting hours. Usually it looks like a bazaar. Security
at the Hinduja Hospital was tightened up too.
When we went into ICCU, Guru Maharaja had just finished his lunch and was
resting on the chair. He looked very tired. 20 minutes later he was put on
the bed for resting. He rested till 5.30pm. When he woke up he asked for
herbal tea and kiwi fruits. He took one and a half kiwi fruit and few sips
of cammomile herbal tea. Today Guru Maharaja had difficulties due to the
secretions. When he feels like coughing, he is trying hard but is still he
is not able to cough them out through his mouth. So the nurses had to do
suction. Right after the suction he became very tired.
JPS Servants
26th Nov 2008 – Morning Shift 6am – 2pm
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7am: I went into the ICCU to see Guru Maharaja. He looked very fresh with
clean shaven face and was relaxing on his bed. When he saw me next to him,
he asked, “Were you here since last night?” I said, “No. Bhadra Balaram
Prabhu was here and I just came in for my morning shift.” I called Srivas
Pran Prabhu to come in and read from Caitanya Caritamrta for Guru Maharaja.
Guru Maharaja is still without the speech valve. Sometimes his voice is not
audible and sometimes it is fairly audible.
8am: Dr.Shiromani and Dr. Acyutananda went in to see Guru Maharaja.
Dr.Shiromani was showing Guru Maharaja all the get well cards she had
received. As you all know from the yesterday’s report Guru Maharaja was told
HH Radhanath Swami was supposed to come and visit him but he didn’t make it
because he was not feeling well. Dr.Acyutananda is an official doctor who
looks after Maharaja’s health. So this morning Guru Maharaja asked
Dr.Acyutananda Prabhu, “How is Maharaj’s health?” Dr.Acyutananda commented
on HH Radhanath Maharaj’s health. He then continued, “Today is Radhanath
Maharaj’s Tithi Vyasa puja. But he has cancelled the vyasa puja celebration
because of your health condition.” Guru Maharaja with his eyes wide open
said, “He should celebrate it. It is one day per year for the disciples.”
Dr.Shiromani immediately passed on this message to Dr.Madhavananda at
Bhaktivedanta Hospital. Guru Maharaja also commented about some defects on
his eyesight. Dr.Shiromani said she will inform the ophthalmologist
regarding this.
8.30am: We fed Guru Maharaja with 3 mashed kiwi fruits mixed with almond
powders. He ate all of them.
9.15am: Dr.Ashok came in for his routine check up. He told Guru Maharaja,
“You are doing too good.” Guru Maharaja asked Dr.Ashok, “How are you
doctor?” Dr.Ashok said,”Oh I am fine.”
10am: While I was chanting in the relative’s waiting room, Dr.Shiromani said
the physiotherapist is calling you to come in. When I went in, the
physiotherapist explained to me that today for the first time they are
going to make Guru Maharaja to sit on the bed with legs hanging down without
any support on the back to lean. Two nurses, Miss Priya and Miss Vanita, the
physiotherapist and myself lifted Guru Maharaja. We made him to sit on the
bed. Although it was very difficult to lift him up I noticed that Guru
Maharaja has lost his weight. Muscles below his both upper part of the arms
was hanging down.
The physiotherapist was addressing Guru Maharaja, “Guru Maharaj! Guru
Maharaj! Keep your head straight up and sit straight.” Guru Maharaja tried
but he kept falling sideward and was not able to sit on his own without the
support for the back. I realised how weak his body is. The bed was lowered
down to help Guru Maharaja put his feet on the floor. Physiotherapist told
Guru Maharaja to put his feet firm on the floor and hold the side railigs of
the bed. Even then Guru Maharaja kept falling sideward. Then 2 male
attendants came in to help holding Guru Maharaja. The physiotherapist also
introduced few other theraphies today especially to strengthen Guru
Maharaja’s arms. She said when Guru Maharaja’s arms become strong enough
then he will be given a walker to practice walking.
Then I noticed Guru Maharaja’s sikha was matted and tangled because of his
constantly lying on the bed. We combed his sikha only once or twice in the
last 32 days of him being in the hospital. I told Miss Priya that we should
comb the sikha to make it look neat. I brought Guru Maharaja’s comb and hair
oil. While the male attendants were holding Guru Maharaja I started applying
oil on Guru Maharaja’s hair. I did it very gently. Miss Priya and Miss
Vanita became uncomfortable. They told me, “We can only hold him on this
position for 10 minutes and you have to finish combing his hairs by then.”
Two minutes later one of them grabbed the comb from my hand and the other
one brought a bigger comb to comb Guru Maharaja’s sikha. I was applying oil
wherever needed especialy on the matted part meanwhile they kept combing. I
told them try not to loose a single hair. Guru Maharaja heard what I was
saying, he said, “Dont cut my sikha.”
I explained to Guru Maharaja about the condition of his sikha hairs and what
are we trying to do for him. He nodded yes. At one point, while they were
combing, Guru Maharaja shouted,”Ahh! Uhh!” I told the nurses, “Careful! Comb
slowly!”. Both the Marathi nurses with smile on their face asked Guru
Maharaja, “Swamiji, paining, no? Paining, no?” They were very personal and
caring towards Guru Maharaja. Most of these nurses in ICCU are very caring
and always address Guru Maharaja as ‘Guru Maharaj’ and ‘Swamiji’. In twenty
minutes we finished working on his sikha. Though we lost some of his hairs
they did a good job. His hair was tied and plaited (braided). I was
explaining to Guru Maharaja of what they were doing to his sikha. He
said, “Roll it up and put band.” I said we are doing that. After that Guru
Maharaja was put back into his original position on the bed but he was
asking the nurses to put him on the chair. They did that after 15 minutes.
11am: Guru Maharaja was asking for water since he was feeling very thirsty.
He asked for Tata Himlayan water. His latest favorite brand. Then I fed
breakfast for him. While I was feeding breakfast to Guru Maharaja, Marici
Prabhu came in to see Guru Maharaja. Guru Maharaja asked him how he was and
about his South American Tour. Marici Prabhu explained to Guru Maharaja
about his tour to South America. Even with this kind of health conditions
Guru Maharaja’s interaction with Marici Prabhu appeared to be normal. Later,
ophthamologist came in to check Guru Maharaja. They advised Guru Maharaja to
blink his eyes very often to avoid dryness which can cause infection. Right
now he is not able to do that because of weak muscles.
Then Marici Prabhu was showing about the get well painting sent from
Santiago, Chile. Then a collection of beautiful get well cards put together
in a single folder from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were very attractive.
2.30pm – Lunch was served. All the food items were cooked soft to suit
according to Guru Maharaja’s diet. We served basmati rice, dhal, spinach
sabji, beans, etc. We mixed them well and was feeding him little by little
by spoon. Guru Maharaja commented prasadam was great. At the end Marici
asked him what else he wanted. Guru Maharaja said, “cake.” Of course
jokingly!
Yours in the service of Guru Maharaja,
JPS servants
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Guru and Sri
Gauranga. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This is small a report of my association with Gurudeva today.
I arrived at the Hinduja Hospital at 11am and took about one hour of waiting
outside the hospital to be able to get the pass.
When I entered into the ICCU room Guru Maharaja called me and I noticed a
natural happy expression on His face. He asked me, “How are you? How was
your trip to South America?” I started relating about our tour to Chile and
Argentina and I was amazed how Gurudeva interacted so well during the
conversation. Often he asked me a few technical questions about the devotees
in Santiago, Chile and also about the farm of Mukunda Hari prabhu.
Guru Maharaja has many of his facial muscles and nerves which are not
working properly. For instance he has modulation difficulties to pronounce
certain syllables especially those with B, P and O. Also there are certain
weaknesses on the muscles of his eyes facing difficulties to move them right
or left but now he can move nicely his eyes up and down. Like that, he is
experiencing the same difficulties in other different parts of his body but
doctors are very positive and happy about Gurudeva because every single day
they can see a significant progress. For instance, just a few days ago, Guru
Maharaja started eating just 1 spoon of food a day and today I had a chance
to feed him oats at 11:30am, lunch at 2pm and dinner at 8PM and he ate so
well like any other normal person which is a very good progress. I was
feeding him like feeding a baby.
In today’s lunch Guru Maharaja particularly liked the sabji with vegetables,
peas, tomatoes, etc.and asked me who cook it? It was done by Vasudeva
prabhu. Everyday he is cooking prasadam for Gurudeva with a team of Mayapur
devotees according to the prescriptions given by the doctors. He also liked
very much the spinach subjee. Also asked which kind of rice he uses
(basmati).
I helped Guru Maharaja to do some exercise moving his hands, arms, feet and
legs and he did well. The doctor said it is a good exercise for Guru
Maharaja to talk so I made him to repeat Gauranga and the full Pancatatva
mantra. His speech is getting better. At different times of the day I asked
him to speak more.
I told Guru Maharaja that today was Ekanath Gaura prabhu’s birthday. He was
happy to know and he wanted to know where he was and what time he would
come. Then we made a “secret plan”. When Ekanath came at 8pm Guru Maharaja
pointed to him something hidden by the window. It took about 2 minutes for
Ekanath to understand and he saw a surprise gift that Guru Maharaja had for
him. He opened the gift and it was a Maha Cake from Their Lordships Sri Sri
Radha Rasabihari and everybody was so happy!
Some short stories from today:
I asked Guru Maharaja who did for you this beautiful tilak? Guru Maharaja
reply: “Bhadra Balaram”. Where is Bhadra Balaram? What time he will come?”
(he is a very dear disciple of Gurudeva)
I brought 2 anti stress Chinese metal balls for Guru Maharaja to exercise
his hands. It is a kind of physiotherapy work and he liked them but he
needed a lot of my help to be able to use them.
I showed to Guru Maharaja a beautiful drawing that a Mataji from Chile did
for Him. He was so happy with it! (please see the drawing which is attached
with this text). I described the whole drawing to Him. Guru Maharaja is in
the hospital bed and his walking stick is hidden bellow his pillow, and I
described each of those devotees depicted on the drawing (Ekanath,
Atmananda, Sarva Sakti, Divya Priya, Seva Swarupa, Maha Varaha and myself)
and he was so happy and started calling the nurses and requested me to show
the drawing to them. He asked me who did it? It is Bhaktin Monica from
Chile. Thank you Monica to give Gurudeva a few minutes of happiness!
Gurudeva was very happy to see Ikshvaku prabhu from Ecuador. He lives in
Perth, Australia and came here to serve Guru Maharaja for a week.
Tusti Mohan Krsna das was with Guru Maharaja for 40 minutes. He was amazed
of Guru Maharaja’s capacity to remember. What more impacted him was when he
arrived Guru Maharaja immediately recognized him and asked him, “You are
still here? I thought you left to Mayapur.” Guru Maharaja was informed 2
days before that Tusti Mohan Krsna das was going to represent him for the
world interfaith conference held at Sri Mayapur Dham till December 6th. He
says that Guru Maharaja’s sugar level was tested by a nurse and it was
perfect (in 120).
I told Gurudeva that devotees from Safari sent me a lot of lovely
letters and tomorrow I will read them to Him. I also got very nice letters
for him from many other devotees and well-wishers from around the world.
Today it was the first day that doctors declared that Guru Maharaja is “out
of danger”. They also say that latest by early next week Guru Maharaja will
be transfered out of the ICCU to a private room.
10pm I was leaving the hospital and Guru Maharaja called me and he held my
hand saying, “I want you to send a message to the web. Please request the
devotees to pray so I will be able to talk and walk so I can be able to
preach.” So please I beg all the Vaishnava community to please pray to the
Lord to fulfill this humble desire of Gurudeva, Srila Jayapataka Swami.
Thank you.
Your servant,
Marici das
HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai
Maharaj’s consciousness is normal. Limb physiotherapy is going on and
slowly he is getting more strength in his limbs. He is still unable to eat
on his own or sit without support, but will be able to do so gradually.
His blood pressure is well under control with medication.
Please continue praying.
HH Jayapataka Maharaj’s status report by Dr Madhavananda das, Director of
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai
Maharaj is as alert as yesterday and is recovering well. He is still off
the ventilator and breathing comfortably on his own. Limb physiotherapy is
going on.
The doctors expect to shift him to the ward early next week.
Please continue praying.
25-Nov-08, Report from Ratnavali dd
Although we are in Mumbai sending everyone all the reports I don’t go to
visit Guru Maharaja as it is important to follow the doctor’s instruction.
The most important is to see Guru Maharaja’s recovery than our desire to see
him. The last time that we visited Guru Maharaja was when Sumithra Krsna
prabhu and Tarini Radha Mataji had come to see Guru Maharaja just for a day
on 11th November. I accompanied them fortunately.
Since there were some letters to be read to Guru Maharaja from his God
brother and also from one of our Godsister from Italy I took the opportunity
to visit Guru Maharaja. Madhuri Yamuna dd accompanied me to Hindhuja
hospital and when we reached the hospital it was 4.30pm. Guru Maharaja was
taking rest at that time. He had a late lunch today. Dr. Shiromani Mataji
mentioned that Guru Maharaja liked today’s lunch as Vasudevatmaja prabhu,
Guru Maharaja’s cook from Mayapur made Guru Maharaja’s favorite jinga posto
(Ridge Gourd with poppy seeds) sabji. Everything is over cooked and smashed
in the hands nicely so Guru Maharaja can swallow easily.
Dr. Shiromani Mataji said Guru Maharaja was alert today and was asking so
many questions about his eyes, ears etc. Also he wants to come out of the
ICCU as soon as possible.
I asked her what time Guru Maharaja would wake up. Guru Maharaja wanted to
be awake when Radhanath Maharaja would visit him.
After thirty minutes I thought of just checking if Guru Maharaja was awake.
With the permission of other devotees in the hospital I went inside the
ICCU. Nitai Prasad prabhu was giving a head massage to Guru Maharaja very
affectionately. Guru Maharaja was awake. Nitai Prasad prabhu said, “Guru
Maharaja, Ratnavali has come to see you.” Guru Maharaja looked at me. I
asked Guru Maharaja, “How are you Guru Maharaja? Are you feeling better?”
Guru Maharaja replied, “I want to be on fastest track. But doctors are
keeping me the slowest of the slowest.” I immediately replied, “No, Guru
Maharaja. You are making a rapid progress as per the doctors. More than they
expected!” Guru Maharaja asked me, “How are you?” I said, “We are waiting
for you to come out of the hospital.” Guru Maharaja is always concerned of
all of us more than himself.
Guru Maharaja wanted to have tilak on his forehead. At that moment they
couldn’t find where it was. Ekanath Gaura prabhu immediately made a phone
call to the temple for the next shift to bring the tilak. In the mean time
he creatively applied the tilak with a white medicinal face cream!
The devotees at the hospital asked me if I had brought any letters to read
for Guru Maharaja for which I gladly replied yes.
I read a very wonderful letter from Kavicandra Maharaja and as well as the
letter from our Godsister Lila Vilasini dd, Italy. Guru Maharaja was
attentively listening to both the letters. When I was about to finish the
letter of Lila Vilasini, Guru Maharaja mentioned he couldn’t hear the last
part so I repeated the last few sentances again.
Madhuri Yamuna dd just then entered to have darshan of Guru Maharaja. Guru
Maharaja said he was unable to see her clearly. He is not freely moving his
head yet. So she adjusted her positioning for Guru Maharaja to see her. He
wanted to know where she was staying. I replied that she has been with us in
Mumbai for more than 15 days and she is helping us in translating the
reports into Spanish for posting on disciples Spanish conference. This was
her first visit to see Guru Maharaja in the hospital. Since more than one
person cannot visit in the ICCU I left the room.
Devaki Mataji, Ekanath Gaura prabhu’s wife had also accompanied him in the
afternoon shift. She had brought some Spanish letters to read to Guru
Maharaja. She went inside the ICCU after Madhuri Yamuna came out and read
the letters to Guru Maharaja. Guru Maharaja was hearing everything and also
gazed upon the yajna pictures that were printed for Guru Maharaja to see.
Dr. Madhavananda prabhu arrived at 6pm along with his wife, Vrindavana Rani
dd. Everyone asked him if Radhanatha Maharaja would be arriving shortly. He
seemed to be surprised. After some enquiries he found out that the message
“may come” turned out to be “will come”! Radhanath Maharaja wasn’t feeling
well so he was unable to make a visit. Maharaja was making an enquiry of
Guru Maharaja’s health situation and progress over the phone.
Ekanatha Gaura prabhu said to Guru Maharaja how the devotees are eager to
hear his messages. Immediately Guru Maharaja started dictating a message
which is, “I was four days in coma. With the prayers of the devotees,
Krishna’s mercy and with the GBC’s blessings I am safe and recuperating.”
HARIBOL!
Devotees for the next shift had arrived at 7pm. Before leaving the hospital
we went inside to see Guru Maharaja one more time. Guru Maharaja didn’t look
comfortable this time. Some mucus was stuck inside and the nurses would be
cleaning soon. Nitai Prasad prabhu asked Guru Maharaja if he wanted to say
anything to me. Guru Maharaja replied, “I can’t”. I said Guru Maharaja to
relax and just take his time to recover.
We were reminded of the pastime of Dhruva Maharaja when he became so
absorbed in the meditation of the Supersoul, he stopped to breathe and the
whole Universe was suffocating. After the Lord gave Dhruva Maharaja darshan
everything came back to normal. Similarly, when Guru Maharaja was on
ventilation and not breathing on his own, all the devotees around the world
were almost breatheless. Every second we would be getting so many calls
asking when he would come out of the ventilation. Since 5 days he has been
breathing now the devotees have started to become alive. With all the
devotees prayers we hope Guru Maharaja can rapidly recover as that is his
desire.
Actually this whole pastime is like Guru Maharaja taking another birth,
slowly started to breathe, started coming to external consciousness, started
to move his limbs, started to speak. Just like when the child is born and
learns to do the different activities it gives so much joy to the parents.
Similarly Guru Maharaja’s recovery is giving joy to all the devotees.
One of our Godsister from Belgaum who is a doctor she mentioned how their
Bhakti vrksa members are making Narasimha prayers and chanting extra rounds
for Guru Maharaja’s protection and recovery. She also added that they want
to continue their prayers for Guru Maharaja even when he gets better as it
is our duty to do so. Our Guru Maharaja is the life and soul for all of us
and let us always keep praying to Lord Narasimhadeva for his protection.
Patita Pavana Guru Maharaja Ki Jai!
24th Nov 2008 Night shift 6pm – 6am
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We reached the hospital at 7pm this evening. Hinduja Hospital is just 11kms
away from The Juhu Temple, yet it takes almost 1 hour to reach there because
of the traffic. This evening HH Bhakti Purushottama Swami, HG Braja Hari
Prabhu and HG Bhadra Balaram Prabhu were there with Guru Maharaja when we
reached the hospital. Maharaj was presenting the first copy of his book on
Sri Ksetra Parikrama to Guru Maharaja. This is a new guide book about Puri
Dham written by HH Bhakti Purushottama Maharaj. It was glossy and full of
colorful pictures.
Around 7.45pm before leaving the hospital Maharaj told me to daily read from
the book for Guru Maharaja. At 8pm when I went inside to see Guru Maharaja
his eyes were slightly closed. I offered my obeisances mentally. Then I
rubbed his hand gently and said, “Guru Maharaja, I am Maha Varaha here”. He
grabbed my hand. I asked him, “Should I read for you from the new book?”
Guru Maharaja nodded yes. After reading two pages from the book I had a
thought. What would I do if I were given a new book to read? I would first
glance through the book especialy of the pictures in the book. I told Guru
Maharaja, “Now we will go on Sri Ksetra Parikrama by looking at the
pictures. Guru Maharaja remained silent. I held the book in front him,
showed him all the pictures of the holy places in Puri Dham with brief
explanation. Guru Maharaja was looking at them very peacefuly with rapt
attention. He was also reading some of the explanations by himself. Couple
of times he signaled me not to turn the pages too fast. In between he
pointed his face couple of times, asking me to scratch his face. I realised
it is time to shave up his beard.
Miss Leena, the nurse who was there sitting and updating records on Guru
Maharaja file, was amazed to see Guru Maharaja’s responses to the book. She
switched on more lights to help Guru Maharaja to read the book by himself.
We went on the book parikrama for almost 40 minutes non stop. At 8.40pm few
other nurses came and stopped our parikrama. They told me to go out because
they need to change the physical position of Guru Maharaja. I kept the book
on the table where Miss Leena was doing her work and walked out of ICCU.
After 15 minutes I peeped through the entrance door. Miss Leena and another
christian nurse were glancing through the book with full attention. Jaganath
Swami Ki Jai!!
I waited outside with HG Sitaram Prabhu and Dr.Sagar for another 15 minutes
before I heard an announcement ‘Bed number 20’. When I went in Guru Maharaja
showed me a sign that he wants his dinner. I asked the nurse if I can feed
him now? She told me that there is a trace of food found in the trachea tube
of Guru Maharaja and therefore we have to consult with Dr.Hegde whether oral
feeding can be continued. I know the doctors don’t have a fix time for the
routine check up. So I suggested the nurse to call up the doctor immediately
as Guru Maharaja was feeling hungry. She answered, “I can’t do that and I
have to wait for the doctor to come.” I told Guru Maharaja the reason of not
feeding him. He asked by the sign of his fingers, “How much time?” I said
very soon. After 15 minutes Guru Maharaja slept off.
Meanwhile, I told everything to Dr.Acyutananda from The Bhaktivedanta
Hospital who just came in for an evening shift replacing Dr.Sagar. He
consulted few of his doctor friends. But we could do nothing. Dr.Hegde
showed up at 10.30pm and allowed oral feeding to be continued. Sitaram
Prabhu and myself went in again at 10.40pm to feed Guru Maharaja. Guru
Maharaja was still sleeping. I woke him up and asked if he wants to have his
dinner. He nodded yes.
We had vegetable soup and milk for him. While feeding vegetable soup, Guru
Maharaja asked with his hand sign, what is that in the other container which
was kept on the table at the end of his feet?
I said, “Milk from the temple, we will give you once you finish eating this
creamy soup.” He agreed. After feeding about 10 spoons of soup he started
coughing. Nurse advised us to stop feeding. I asked her, “What about the
milk?” She said,”Nothing. Do not feed anything more otherwise he may vomit
them out. We have to do the suction after some time.” I told Guru Maharaja
about it. Guru Maharaja asked me what is the time now by pointing at the
watch. I said “11pm.” He told me to give him a massage. Before giving the
massage I cleaned his mouth and started the massage from his face, then both
hands and ended with his legs. When I was massaging his feet, he asked me
for his milk again. I reminded him that he cannot consume anything now until
the suction has been done. At the end of the massage he fell asleep. It was
11.20pm.
25th Nov 2008 – 5.45am
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Sitaram Prabhu and myself went in to see Guru Maharaja. He was fully awake
and looked very fresh. Guru Maharaja asked, “Wath tang nau?” This time not
with his fingers sign but he spoke. We were surprised. He repeated the same
thing. Though it was not so clear but we understood his question, “What time
now?” We answered, “It is 6am.”
I told Guru Maharaja, “We are in Mayapur now and going to attend the mangala
arati program.” He nodded his head. We held Sri Sri Radha Madhava picture in
front of him and sang the full mangala arati song. He kept gazing at Their
Lordships till we finished the full song. Then we took him to have the
darshan of Their Lordships Sri Sri Panca Tattva. Guru Maharaja raised his
left hand and showed a sign to put the picture on his forehead. After Sri
Panca Tattva darshan I held Lord Narasimhadeva picture in front of him and
as we all know Guru Maharaja likes to perform mangal arati to Lord
Narasimhadeva, I asked him, “Do you want to do the arati for Lord
Narasimhadeva?” Guru Maharaja nodded yes. We sang Narasimha prayers for Guru
Maharaja. Jaya Bhaktavigna Vinasaka Narasimhadeva Bhagavan Ki Jai!
At the end of our morning program I told Guru Maharaja it is time for us to
go and Dharesh Prabhu will be coming in soon to be with you. Guru Maharaja
spoke again, “I can’t hear you.” This time he spoke better. He spoke very
clearly. I repeated to him the same thing. He said,”Dharesh! Dharesh!” Again
it was very clear. I told him, “Yes, Dharesh is out there waiting to join
you soon. He then grabbed my hand to bid farewell. When I was about to go
out, a nurse passed by. I interrupted her by asking, “Does Swamiji has the
speech valve fixed on him?” She said,”No.” We were so happy with the clarity
of Guru Maharaja’s speech without the speech valve. We went out so happily
discussing about the steady day by day progress of Guru Maharaja.
Your in the service of Guru Maharaja,
JPS Servants