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food or wine. I could keep myself away from the terrible sins of gambling and women, again thanks to my powerful Punya of earlier births, when at Bombay.
But I am afflicted with deep sorrow to-day also. There was no strict prohibition in the Sthanakvasi Jains about taking root-pulp, and similar other things as Vidal, Bol, pickles etc. Though born in a Jain family consequently sins of taking food at night, ice, ice-cream, potatoes, sweet potato, carrots etc. grew in my life.
Thus, my boat of life was rushing fast in the ocean of sins, when to "my good fortune, I was married to Manjula, the worthy daughter of Chunilal Nyalchand Mehta of Palanpur, who followed a staunch and perfectly pure conduct of Deravasi Jain. She is an important hook in the resumption of my religious life.
In the Sthanakvasi cult that I belonged to, there was a want of some successful keys like worship of god, devotion towards the non-attached Shri Prabhu, a discriminative sense of permissible and prohibited foods, following of some special austerities, and leading a life on the path of detachment. I got Manjula as my worthy wife due to my good fortune and rise of merit of previous births. As a child enriched in the culture inherited from her parents of the Deravasi cult, my wife was a worthy Shravika; she was humble, sound in character and rich in her Samskaras. She became a unique turning-point in this my life. To-day, I am on the path of the propitiation of the Jain order and making hard effort to progress on the right path in the ocean of life only because of my worldly wife Manjula. When I was to be married, due to love of and attachment to the Sthankvasi sect a question did
| SR No. | 032462 |
| Book Title | Miracles Of Mahamantra Navkar |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahodaysagar |
| Publisher | Kastur Prakashan Trust |
| Publication Year | 1995 |
| Total Pages | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 27 MB |