The great career of the Swami Vivekananda in his earthly sojourn was coming to an end. The star that had risen in the spiritual firmament of the world 39 years ago had circuited the heavens and was now about to dissolve into the nothingness whence it had sprung, in the realm of the Undifferentiated, the Absolute. It had blazed its way through the East and the West alike and was now about to set in its final effulgence in Belur by the bank of the Ganga.
He rose early this, his final day on Earth. After a cup of tea he entered the shrine and in quite an uncharacteristic manner, shut the doors and windows and meditated for three hours from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. A devotional song marked the end of his meditative experience and as he walked in the courtyard of the Belur Math, he suddenly soliloquised, "If there were another Vivekananda, he would have understood what this Vivekananda has done! And yet in time, countless Vivekanandas will be born." Swami Premananda who was nearby, overheard him and provided living testimony to this startling revelation of his great brother disciple.
Swamiji wished to have the Kali Puja performed at the Math the following day, Saturday, July 5. In this connection Swami Ramakrishnananda's father, Sri Ishwarchandra Chakravarti, an adept in Kali-worship was summoned to the Math. Swamiji instructed Swamis Suddhananda and Bodhananda to make arrangements for the worship on the following day. Then the Swami asked Swami Suddhananda to fetch the Shukla-Yajur-Veda from the library. Thereafter, the Swami asked him to read aloud the mantra...' Sushumnah suryarashmih ' and the commentary on it. Swamiji was not satisfied with the interpretation and having pointed out that the idea of Sushumna was already there in seed form in this Vedic mantra and therefore, it predated the Tantras in this matter, he exhorted his disciples to do research and discover the true meaning of the Vedic mantras whereby they could write their own original explanations of the texts.
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