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all sides; their cries and screams were as if welcoming us with bands. No sign or marks of footsteps of human beings were visible anywhere. The eyes as if got extracted from the eye-balls while we looked at far-off distances. Winds and breezes had disappeared. What could be the capability of a woman in the midst of this horror, being only an Abala! The beats of the heart went high. The Shramanies in company were also extremely restless! Who can inspire courage if all are defeated? I consoled them and they sat down on the ground keeping their baggages aside. We got fully engrossed in the meditation on the Supreme Mantra that is Navakara. We went to the shelter of Arihanta, Siddha and Panchaparameshthis. We caught the saviour that would make us cross the ocean of life.
Within some ten to fifteen minutes a human form unknown to us appeared, showed the right track and disappeared! Where did this human form go! Nothing could be known. Who was that personality in human form? Whence did it come? How did it become invisible in the forest? When I ponder over these thoughts, my head bows down in all humbleness at the feet of the Navakara Mahamantra!
Life is advancing, engrossed that it is in the Japa of the Navakara Mantra. Once we missed the track on our way to Shankheshvara. A horse-rider came, pointed out the way and disappeared. All these varied miracles of the Mahamantra strengthen our faith in the Jain order and enrich our spirit of detachment.
