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I asked them :
"Do you use this charm only to torture others ? Give up this practice, give happiness to others and be happy yourself."
They replied: "We understand everything. But what to do? We are simply helpless. We are not able to give up this habit like a drunkard not giving up drinking even though he knows its evil results.”
I asked them to tell me who they were :
"What will be your benefit by knowing who we are? Kindly give up the idea.”
Then I gave to them some incidental Hitashiksha and after some time, the spirits left. The gentleman was all-right now. I chanted the benediction (Mangalika) and asked him to come to the Upashraya.
After some time, he came to the Upashraya with his wife. We then acquainted Acharya Bhagavant with all facts of the case. Just as the Acharya sprinkled Vasakhepa on his head, the Arab Pathan within awoke, clenched his fists and started uttering threatening words in the Arabic.
We requested our revered Acharyashri : "Kindly leave the case to us. Please grant permission to us to experiment with the Navakara Prayoga.” Acharyaji complied.
After some time the gentleman returned to his real form. We took him to one room of the Upashraya. One senior Muni amongst us sat by his side. Others stood near. We created an atmosphere of self-defence by chanting the Vajrapanjara stotra. Then followed the
