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25. Wonderful Effect of The Navakara Mantra
Shatavadhani Most Revered Shri Vijaya Kirtichandrasurishvarji Maharaj Saheb
A total of seven incidents including six non-Jain ones are taken as extracts with thanks from the books "Sanskarani sidi", "Prasanga Parimala" "Tejasvi Ratno" and "Dharmatattvaprakash" written and, or edited by Revered Acharya Bhagavant. - Editor
This is a recent incident of Jhansi. The incident is less than 10 years old. A Muslim came in contact with a Jain Sadhu. His heart was deeply affected and impressed by the renunciation and impressive convincing words of the Sadhu. He gave up meat and wine, learnt the Navakara Mantra from the Sadhu and began to chant it regularly. He became holy and untardy. Day by day his faith in the Mantra got firm and strengthened.
This separated him from his community. Other Muslims did not like the change in him. He was advised to give up all this new nonsense. It was all in vain.
The Muslims became ferocious and they resolved to put an end to his life. They found out a trick. They brought a poisonous snake and placed him beneath his bed in the absence of the good Muslim. As he prepared to go to bed he began to chant the Navakara Mantra. He had an inkling that there was a snake beneath his bed. He got up at once and raised his bed up. The snake was in fright and ran away, escaped at once.
This incident created in his heart a unique faith and conviction about the Navakara Mantra.
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