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in the neighbouring area awoke because of a quarrel that came running. A water-pump was there nearby, the fire was soon extinguished. The whole lane would have caught fire otherwise : The gentleman, who was nearby came at once; he had continued with the mental chanting of the Navakara.
Once it happened that the daughter of the gentleman was studying in a training centre after her matriculation. There she caught typhoid and felt very weak. Examination was to come after 15 days. She felt like going home and she wrote to her father. He wrote in reply :
"Do read as much as possible, daily mutter the Navakara. Entertain no fear. Ultimately also chant the Navakara and write as much as you can remember.”
The daughter gathered courage and confidence and acted up to the words of the father. She scored 60 p. c. marks, thanks to her regular chanting of the Navakara. Then, she applied for a job in the same village and got the same easily.
Thus, the effect of the Navakara Mantra is simply wonderful. Let the readers nourish faith in this and practise it in life.
The Grand Lustre of the Navakara Mahamantra
It was an evening time. The sun was gradually disappearing on the horizon. Animals and birds were on their way to their residence. A peacok was seated on the top of the Dehrasar and was as if passing on a great message to the world.
"O Jivas! why are you lost in worldly life? Do you not entertain a desire for the Darshan of the Deva who has
