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8 MA ANANDAMAYEE AMRIT VARTA Vol. 27, No.1, February2023

near the Station. Such Yagnas seemed to be occurring quite frequently here in
this region.
The sad demise of Puran
27th Jaisth 1356, Friday (10-6-1949). Today at five in the morning when I
saw Puran’s father after the kirtan, I understood that Puran must have passed
away yesterday night. Later I learnt that he had passed away at three in the night.
Yesterday at mid-night when Puran’s health had become critical, Puran’s mother
had arrived to take Shree Shree Ma to their house; but Ma did not go. Ma had
informed Khukuni Didi, “I can see that Puran is gradually becoming still.”
Towards the end of the night Ma informed Didi that an horrible form has been
observed. Khukuni Didi replied, “I immediately understood that then only Puran
must have passed away.”
Puran’s father was the Conservator of forests. I had first seen Puran in Kashi.
He was quite a sober boy and talked very little too. What else I had heard from
Khukuni Didi and Ma is that:-
Ma: The boy had failed the BSc exams with a small margin. If he had tried he
could have passed but he decided to take away his life. Johari, his father’s friend
also worked in the forest department. Puran locked himself in one of the rooms
of Johari’s house and decided to starve to death. He was in this room for seven
days without food, when This Body arrived here in Dehradun. When I was
departing from Dehradun, Puran was brought by his parents to meet me at the
station. They informed that their son Puran has failed in his BSc Exams and has
become mentally disturbed, he neither eats nor talks with anyone. I asked him,
‘Will you come along with me’? Hearing this he immediately boarded the train.
He even ate the fruit which I gave him to eat. So the parents left him with This
Body. The boy’s sanskâr is very good, he has not taken any forbidden food even
though he has grown up. Only once did he take some such food while staying in
Johari’s house, that too on their request only. For that reason he had been sent
to Kashi for atonement. This time when his ailment could not be cured at Kashi
Ashram he was sent to Johari’s house in Dehradun. The room in which he had
decided to starve to death, he was put up in that very room again. Hence he had
a doubt that this time his life would not be saved. He had a spirit of serving
others and also had quite a comprehensive knowledge.
Khukuni Didi: This illness of Puran was also brought about intentionally.
He had a strong wish that if he develops a severe illness then Ma would come
quite often to see him. Hence Haribaba while visiting him had said, ‘Puranbhai
you have purposely brought this disease. It has stayed with you for quite some
time, now chase it away’. Puran had answered, ‘Now the situation has changed’.