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Shri Navakara annihilates Divine Calamities
Once, during the course of Vihara, one of our Sadhus went to ease himself. One knows not what happened. His feet must have fallen in some tomb or somewhere else. At twelve o'clock at night, the Sadhu began to weep. All efforts to make him speak out failed. Last, we tried to force him to announce the name of Shri Adishvara Prabhu. Then he spoke out 'Ya Allah!' and this was followed by a long lecture in English.
I felt that this was a divine calamity. I caught hold of him and commenced the Japa of Shri Navakara. Slowly the power of the Japa went high and slowly the divine calamity began to lessen. I continued with the Japa with deeper faith and greater patience. Within an hour or so the demiac power left the body.
This Sadhu did not know English; it was all due to the Vyantaradeva within. Thereafter no such thing has overtaken that Sadhu.
Shri Navakara takes out poison
Once during our Vihara, we halted at a village. People were confident that the Jain Sadhus are wellinformed about so many things. Many non-Jains also used to come at the Upashraya.
It then happened that a woman had a snake-bite while she collected grass. Treatment was given but the poison spread over the body.
It was a small village without the facility of vehicles. No nearby doctor could therefore be called. The villagers therefore approached me and requested: "Well sir! do what you like. Let the poison be extracted."
