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But the good Muslim was engrossed in his meditation. Within a few minutes a reservoir of water was seen. He filled water in his utensil and brought it. The housewife and children were all happy.
Shethaji told the good Muslim : "You spread your kerchief and you were muttering something. What was it?"
The good Muslim replied : "My worthy preceptor has given a Mantra. I was muttering it with full faith that it will fulfill my desire. I meditated upon the Mantra and a reservoir of water was formed."
"What is that Mantra?" "What have you to do with it? Your work is done by
"Please show it to me. It may be of use under some eventuality."
On insistence and pressure, the Muslim uttered fully and correctly the whole Mantra - "Namo ArihantanamNamo Siddhanam" etc.
"Is this your Mantra?” "Yes sir!"
"Alas! All of us know it, even our children utter it. Still nothing happens! I cannot believe it."
The good Muslim asked : "Is it so? Do you chant it regularly and daily? Do you know it? Is there no power in
it?"
The gentleman lacked in faith. He had lost his faith in the Mantra. Here was a Muslim with full faith in it. He too lost his faith.
He again sat, chanted the Mantra repeatedly, again and again. But water did not appear. There was no trace of it. The good Muslim thought that what the gentleman said was true; there is nothing worth in this Mantra
