The Mother’s Mahasamadhi Day
Nirodbaran writes:
“On 17th November 1973, the Mother left her body. She was ninety-five. Many among her children were deeply shaken for the time being. But they realise now that she is always present amidst them.
Both at home and abroad, the devotees see the Mother in their dreams. They feel her presence, listen to her message and get inspiration and instruction in their work. They firmly believe that the Mother will return in a new form. Meanwhile her mission is getting quietly fulfilled more and more. When Sri Aurobindo left his body the Mother said, ‘Nothing has changed. All that Sri Aurobindo has said is true, time will prove it.’
On the Mother’s withdrawal, her children are carrying on her work repeating the same dictum – ‘Nothing has changed.’
It is upon you, the young, that her hope rests.”
– Nirodbaran, Sri Aurobindayan
In The Mother: The Story of Her Life, Georges Van Vrekhem further explains:
“On 17 November 1973, the Mother laid down her residual human body while she continued to exist forever in a body consisting of a supramental substance. The supramental substance as worked out by the Mother is a material substance – otherwise the earthly revolution would have no meaning – though it is composed of a substance more refined than the Matter known to us. Generally speaking, the Gross Matter of our Mother the Earth is still in the process of transformation. This process is now in an advanced stage thanks to the avataric Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. When gross Matter will have become sufficiently subtle and receptive, i.e. transformed, the mature souls, ready and waiting in their soul-world, will descend and incarnate in it. The formation of their bodies will be moulded by the existence of the Mother’s supramental body, the prototype of the new species.”
Three days after her passing the Mother’s body was placed in the Samadhi alongside Sri Aurobindo.
The inscription on the samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother reads:
To THEE who hast been the material envelope of our Master,to THEE our infinite gratitude. Before THEE who hast done so much for us, who hast worked, struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much, before THEE who hast willed all, attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us,before THEE we bow down and implore that we may never forget, even for a moment, all we owe to THEE.