What did Sai Baba do in the weeks immediately preceding his passing away?

In the period just before his passing, Sai Baba, knowing his end was near, engaged in a specific spiritual practice. For fourteen consecutive days and nights, he listened with focused contemplation as a Brahmin read the Ramayana aloud. As detailed in Chapter 44, this two-week period of listening to the sacred text concluded on the day of Vijayadashami, which was the day Baba attained the state of bodilessness, or passed away. This deliberate act of immersing himself in the Ramayana highlights the spiritual preparation he undertook before leaving his physical form.