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Then it was that the devotee of Shakti appealed to the Shakti-mata who had entered the body of the acorsist.
"O mother! We invited you just for this. We wanted our Jain friend Jinadas, directly to witness your miracle. I bow down repeatedly with all my heart and request you. Please favour us, enter the body of Jinadas and exhibit your mircale !"
Shakti-mata replied through the medium of the acorsist :
"I cannot enter the body of a Jain fellow-man, I am sorry. Some mysterious circles of lustre around his body there are, as a result of the chanting the Mantras of his favourite God (Ishtadeva). These put me to a stop, I retrace my steps !"
Once more she was requested : "O mother! Why this sense of helplessness? It is his heart's desire to witness your mircle ! Show us a way, we can do anything that you say. But do show your miracle!”
Through the medium of the acorsist, again the reply was : "Yes, there is a way out. Let this Jain gentleman give up his chanting; let him give it up for lifetime; let him promise. He cannot witness my miracle otherwise. My eyes are blinded by the circles of lustres around him! || cannot pierce through these! Does he agree?"
A decisive conflict arose in the mind of Jinadas. He thought and understood :
"Alas! the miracle is present in my own house itself! Why should I unnecessarily struggle for it outside? How powerful is my Navakara! The lustre coming out of its chanting can defeat even Shakti-mata! I have no sound faithfulness towards the Navakara; it has not
