The body of the greatest sage comes into being and goes back to the elements when its hour on earth is over. But the spirit remains and the message it has delivered lives on and on till it exhausts its terrestrial duration once the energy accompanying it is spent. Then both messiah and message go into hibernation till a fresh influx of energy makes for a rebirth of sorts and, the baton, passed onto another, keeps the flame alive of the Master and his message for mankind. But ''the old man is gone forever, never to return," as Netaji's guide in life, Swami Vivekananda, had famously uttered.
Matter cannot hold on to its degenerate withering form against the will of the person and death of the physical form must necessarily take place one day. Thus, 23 January, 1897 marks the beginning of this epic saga and, unknown though it may be when the terrestrial form of Netaji may have withdrawn from the surface scene of our mundane world, there has to be an end to the physical form once the hour of its activation is over and the grand departure is at hand.
All things that begin must end and our devotion cannot contain Nature and compel her to act otherwise. But that should not detract from the fact that Netaji was, indeed, a divine personality and worthy in every sense of the worship of his devotees, followers and friends.
Jai Hind !
Written by Sugata Bose
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