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On another occasion, they were going to another village. A dog was crying. It followed him. Vaidyaraj took it to be an indication of an unholy meeting. He was not frightened; the defender in dangers, Shri Navakara was in his heart and in his mouth. At a distance the dog took three rounds around him and the very next moment a huge frightening cobra ran towards him faster than a running train. But the greatest surprise was that the cobra could not enter the circle drawn around him by the dog.
The cobra just stopped. Vaidyaraj was, as usual, engrossed in the Navakara Mantra; the cobra disappeared!
The third incident was very much miraculous. Once Vaidyaraj was proceeding from Satara to Karad by truck with his friend Baburao and one other gentleman. The truck struck against a huge stone and its frontal part broke down. No one was injured. One reason of this was that immediately, he engrossed himself in the muttering of the Mahamantra!
In Kolhapur, he came in contact with Mr. Shah. He had a happy opportunity to hear the lecture of Shatavadhani Panyasaji Maharaj Shri Kirtivijayaji Ganivara at Kot in V. S. 2015. He was very much impressed by the lecture on "Amarkumar and the influence of the Navakara Mantra on him." He got steady in the Jain order. His faith in the Navakara deepened. From that time he began to sit in the Jinamandir and chanted 1000 Navakara Mantras with a steady mind daily. He has completed 9 olis of the Ayambil of Navapada.
(From 'Prasanga Parimala')
