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themselves. The urge was unbearable. The car halted. They eased and returned. As they were entering the car, they heard a rough cry-"Halt!" There they saw 4 or 5 robbers with guns in their hands. The two were surrounded. Sturdy bodies, long long moustaches, large frightening eyes ... they had head-dress as well. Certainly, they looked like robbers.
The two ladies were very much frightened and failed to know what to do. The driver, standing at a distance was trembling. That rich lady said : "Take all these my omaments" and she started putting off from her body all her ornaments. But that gunman said : "No, I don't want them. But you come this side!" She was dumbfounded. She knew what he meant. She realized that her chastity was in danger. She just thought and thought as to how to save herself.
Today it was that the dacoit nourished a desire to enjoy her beauty.
The lady was immediately reminded of the Navakara Mahamantra. She continued its mental chanting. She requested the ruling deity of the mantra that he should protect her chasity. “My chastity is in your hands! O God! Save me!"
And a miracle was created. The lust of that voluptuous and lusty man went down all of a sudden. He told himself :
"What am I bent upon?" Immediately he asked her : "Where do you come from?” "Rajkot." "Where are you going?"
