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the sky. There was lightning on all sides and in no time it began to rain. Within 971 hours the waters reached our
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Revered Guruji said: "Narendra! continue to chant Shri Navakara!" I complied, in the midst of very heavy rains. We were trying very hard to save ourselves from rains in darkness of the night. We took every step with great care.
Suddenly we saw a flood-light. The driver of a truck shouted: "Wait! do not take one step further, or you will meet your death!" with these words he halted the truck and directed our way. He said: "Maharaj Saheb! just at a distance of seven or eight feet, there is a deep well, the well of death. If you slip in it, you would be no more!"
Some 100 feet ahead, on the road, in a water-hut he asked us to halt. As we were busy bringing our clothes in order, the driver disappeared all of a sudden. We shouted only to find that there was neither the driver nor the truck. Even today the idea of the experience of those days creates a shudder through the body. I honestly and sincerely believe that we could save our lives then only because of the powers of Shri Navakara Mahamantra.
My Personal Experience
We take to various types of activities in life. It is natural that on some occasion or other calamities befall. But it is necessary that we give proper thought and pondering to cross over these obstacles. This thinking and pondering makes us conscious about the divine powers of Shri Navakara Mantra by which our dreams take proper shape and we reap inconceivable success in
