[Nectar] Homage to Amekhala devi dasi

[Vijaya Baladeva das]

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances _/\ò_. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!

Srutakirti prabhu has requested me to post the following
appreciation of his recently departed wife Smt. Amekhala dasi written
by
Sriman Patita Pavan prabhu, which I am very happy to do. I am also
attaching
a photo provided by Srutakirti prabhu.


Your humble servant,
Hari-sauri dasa


                 Amekhala Dasi Goes Back to Godhead 


by Patita Pavana das Adhikary

Our longtime friend and Godsister Amekhala Dasi left this world on 23
April
2010 in London apparently from the effects of cancer.  She was
surrounded by
her devotee friends including her husband Shrutakirti das. Hundreds of
devotees had visited her in her last days.  From the language of
astrology we can see just how special she was to Lord Krishna.
 

In January, she asked Srutakirti to write to us to decide whether the
painful treatments modern medicine prescribes would be worthwhile.
Abhaya
Mudra Dasi and I looked at the stars and advised her not to bother but
to
only shelter in Krishna’s name.  Thinking of her a few days back, I
wrote
her a letter, and twelve hours after I sent it, she left her body. 
Since we
are getting older now, the end is drawing near for the first
generation of
the Hare Krishna Movement as the next able generation has accepted
this
mantle of responsibility.  I would like to share our letter with the
devotees.



My dear Amekhala devi dasi,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  I am so happy at your wonderful
good
fortune.  By Srila Prabhupada's divine mercy, Lord Sri Krishna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is inviting you Back to Home, Back to
Godhead during His favorite month, Purushottama.  The Sun is in
Uttarayana
as well.

No one can know you but your spiritual master and Shri Kishna.  Others
will go their own way, only the Guru Maharaja knows the heart of the
disciple.  Now your material sojourn is behind you and you are on your
way to join Krishna in Vrindavana.

So now, please just forget about everything here because you are going
there too.  Have no fear and no attachment for this world. Remember us
only
as your eternal friends in the Spiritual Sky and we will all join you
there
very soon, soon enough.  Please let go of all material attachment. 
We are
all spirit souls, parts and parcels of Lord Shri Krishna, His eternal
servants sheltered by the divine power of His Holy Names.


You are a kind, compassionate and good person at heart and Shri
Krishna
knows your heart. Now please make up your mind only to go to Him,
through
the divine loving grace of Shrila Prabhupada.


See you soon enough, sister,

Patita Pavana das

 

After Amekhala departed, Srutakirti Prabhu wrote me with the details,
and a
portion of Srutakirti’s letter is given hereunder:


Dear Patita Pavana Prabhu,

Please accept my humble obeisances.…

She has had hundreds of devotees pass through the hospice in the last
few
days she was there.

 Of course she wanted that her leaving in the UK be a reason for
everyone to
come to the Manor to glorify Srila Prabhupada, a way to bring the
community
together. Something that was very important to her.

She took her last breath at 5:56 a.m. It was without any strain. If
you
blinked you would have missed it.

There was no gasping for a last breath and no pushing from her last
breath. It was simple, profound and ladylike. We were happy that
Radhanatha
Maharaja made it here in time to visit her and speak about her in
class on
Friday evening.

With affection your servant and friend,

Srutakirti das 



Now let us have a look at the stars under which Amekhala left our
limited
vision.  As stated, she departed during the Uttarayana or “northern
path
of the Sun”.  Bhishma, the great warrior and mahajana, had to
rest on a painful bed of arrows for over a month in order to leave
during
Uttarayana.  Amekhala met all criteria for liberation--as per
Krishna’s
instructions to Arjuna--and then much, much more. Not only was the
Moon in
the auspicious shukla-paksha phase, or waxing fortnight, but Amekhala
left
on the auspicious dashami day preceding holy Padmini Ekadashi, the day
of
Lord Hari. 


As noted above, the month, still running, is the rare intercalary
Purushottama-masa, Lord Vishnu’s favorite which occurs once in three
years. She left this world exactly at the juncture between Brahma
muhurta
and Sunrise with the Sun in his northern progress, or daytime of the
demi-gods.


In Vedic astrology, the Sun is called the atmakaraka, or “planet of
the soul”.  Lord Surya Narayana, who appeared in the lagna or “house
of self” in the chart or kundali of her disappearance, is only one
degree from the highest point of exaltation, which is 10º Aries, Mesha
rashi.

The phenomenon of the Sun occupying at or near his point of extreme
elevation at sunrise--atmakaraka in the atmastan--occurs only for a
few hours in a solar year.  Who but the self-realized could depart
under
such conditions?


The bright kundali is decorated with several other telling details,
such as Budha in ucchamsa in conjunction with the Sun, but are too
technical for a general explanation.


Who can describe the glories of leaving this Earth under such rare
stars and
exalted muhurta?  Even great yogis are denied leaving this world
during such
conditions.  The final statement is the most profound.  Only the
rarest of
souls would be allowed to leave at such a moment because such a
fortunate
mahatma is certainly granted the eternal shelter of Shri Krishna. 


As Shrutakirti Prabhu pointed out, Amekhala wanted her departure to be
an
example for us, her Godbrothers and -sisters languishing behind in the
world
of birth and death.  In that our Godsister has succeeded beyond the
powers
of all imagination.



Amekhala’s life and transition to the next world forces us to ask
ourselves
about the spiritual identities of those who follow Shrila Prabhupada. 
Prabhupada often said that his disciples--his “nice boys and girls”--
are
“not ordinary mahatmas, but they are sudurlabha mahatmas”.  In fact,
Prabhupada, who appeared to the average man as a mere
householder-turned-Indian-Swami, was not even an ordinary Jagat Guru. 
Shrila Prabhupada was the Acharya of World Acharyas. The closer we
disciples
and ISKCON members can co-operate with one another, the sooner history
will
verify his position as a shaktyavesh avatara and personal direct
associate
of Lord Chaitanya’s sankirtan.

 Therefore it follows that understanding the most exalted position of
our spiritual master means understanding the position of those who
serve His
Divine Grace with every breath, even their last one.  For me, this is
the
parting message of our beloved and rare Godsister, Shrimati Amhekala
devi
dasi, beloved daughter of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada. 
 

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