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dancing and this time is known as "Pralay Kal". At this juncture when principal was replying, it was coincidence that all of a sudden miracally the cave started dancing with heavy cracking noices. Up-down dancing of cave from one side to another creates terrible fear among students. Principal asked them to stand all together nearer to each other and told that it was a horrible earthquake. Extremely afraid students were crying and they started to run blindly here and there.
But the students were frightened and they began to run hither and thither!
The headmaster again said : "Please be not frightful! Gather courage! Earthquake has overtaken the external sides of the cave also! Remember god, chant his name!" Piyush began to recite the Navakara Mantra loudly and said : "Prabhu Mahavir is with you!"
At the time all the boys collected around the idol of Shiva in Tandava dance, all as if sticking one to the other. One boy who was struggling to get out was also forced to be back. The quake affected all sides. But unfortunately what happened was this. The vast hard stone hanging on at the entrance fell down and fell flat on the entrance in such a way that the cave got closed like a big box! There was only one crack, half an inch long through it. Rays of the sun and air were coming in through it. All came and gathered at the entrance only to find that the entrance was closed. There was no way out; all were advised to say prayers. Piyush sat on a small seat and started reciting the sacred Navakara Mantra. He thought to himself : "Now only Mahavir Swami can lead the way out. Otherwise, my body will fall. But I am not worried; Mahavir Swami is with me!”
