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36. The Greatness of the Mahamantra
Prof. K. D. Parmar, Shravak Pole, Derasar Sheri, Jambusar,
Bharuch In Samvat 2035, 1980 A. D., on the day of Ananta Chaudash, I was returning from Surat to Jambusar with a friend. Due to traffic-jam, we did not reach the railway station and preferred to travel by an S.T. bus. We sat at the back, but then we went to the front and sat behind the driver. But we knew no peace of mind.
Navakara was very much there in the mind. Then some inner voice told me, "Get down. Take the bus that follows." The mind did not agree. Again the inner voice said, "Go and sit at the back.” We got up and while the bus was running we went back to the surprise of fellow passengers. The bus was running at top speed on the highway.
The inner voice repeatedly said : "Get down. Take the bus that follows. But who could falsify what is destined? We were not conscious of time. Our bus overtook the other ones. The bus that was following was now far behind.
Then, all of a sudden, there was a tremendous noise that pierced through the ears. I was thrown and was on the base of the bus. An iron bar of the bus had struck on the chest, on the knee. I was badly injured at both the places. The pain was unbearable.
The S. T. bus had struck against a truck coming from the front. A deadly accident indeed! There was flow of blood on the road. The broken parts of the bus and truck
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