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As the discussion heats up about
Swami's age and if He left His physical body 10 years before
time, here is an important clarification taken from
sathyasai.org
Here is a discussion of Swami's
age when He left HIs body.
In His discourse of 9 September
1960 (Chapter 31 of Sathya Sai Speaks volume 1), Swami said,
"I will be in this mortal
human form for 59 years more and I shall certainly achieve
the purpose of this avatar; do not doubt it. I will take My
own time to carry out My Plan so far as you are concerned. I
cannot hurry because you are hurrying.
I may sometimes wait until I can achieve ten things at one
stroke; just as an engine is not used to haul one coach, but
awaits until sufficient haulage in proportion to its
capacity is ready. But My Word will never fail; it must
happen as I will."
That would mean that Swami would
give up His body at the age of 93 or 94, since He was born on 23
November 1926.
But He gave up His physical form
on 24 April 2011 (Easter Day) at 7:40AM, at the age of 84. What
is the explanation for this seeming discrepancy? Here is one
possible explanation.
Swami may have been talking in
lunar years, not solar years �see the incident below, related
by Ghandikota Aryama. Here is a quick calculation, using
information found on the internet. Swami lived 30,833 days.
Lunar months average 27.21 days, and there are 12 lunar months
in a lunar year. Thus, Swami lived about 1133 lunar months, or
94.4 lunar years So in that sense He was 94 when He left His
body.
This incident, which took place in
1986, gives a precedent for Swami usng lunar years.
Ghandikota Aryama's grandfather
was the late B. Sri Ghandikota Subrahmanya Sastry, a famous
Sanskrit pandit and devotee of Swami, to whom the Sai Gayatri
was revealed. When the grandfather gained merger with Swami in
1986, at the age of 93, Swami came to their flat in Prasanthi
Nilayam and stated that the grandfather was a maharishi and had
reached the age of 100 years (even though he was 93).
Later, Aryama asked his father, B.
Sri Ghandikota Subba Rao, about the discrepancy. B. Sri
Ghandikota Subba Rao said that Swami uses the traditional Indian
Lunar years, based on lunar months not adjusted for the solar
years, in determining a person's lifespan. 12 lunar months make
1 lunar year. 100 such lunar years equaled 93 years for Aryama's
grandfather. sathyasai.org
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