Amartithi - or Eternal Day - marks the day, January 31, 1969, when Avatar Meher Baba dropped His physical form. Tens of thousands of pilgrims gather in Meherabad, India, at His Samadhi (tomb shrine) and elsewhere around the world to commemorate this event. 

Mehera J. Irani was his closest woman disciple whom Meher Baba described as the purest soul in the universe. Meher Baba said she loved Him as He ought to be loved.

At the first Amartithi in 1970, approximately 1,700 of His lovers gathered on Meherabad Hill. Mehera, fighting back the tears, read out this message. 

Notes

daaman - Hem of a garment. As used by Meher Baba, holding on to His daaman implies holding onto Him. Means surrendering; becoming totally dependent upon the Master. 

jai (also ki jai) - Hail, victory, glory. Ki is a suffix meaning to or belonging to. 

Sources

David Fenster, Mehera-Meher: A Divine Romance (Ahmednagar, India: Meher Nazar Publications, 2016 PDF Edition), Volume III, pp. 528. (c)David Fenster. Used by permission.

Frank Davis, compilation, Baba Words - The Master's Glossary, (Edition One, 2000, accessed January 26, 2017) 

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