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I know not what inspired me, but I started the chanting of Shri Navakara with an alert and attentive mind.
The effect of the Mahamantra is simply wonderful. Anybody who goes under its shelter never fails; only some patience is required. Confidence endows one with the power of patience. Then the desired goal is positively fulfilled.
Here also the same thing happened. The force of the poison that had spread began to lessen. Slowly and steadily the power of the poison was totally destroyed. As soon as I completed my Japa, that lady got up with folded hands as if nothing had happened.
Shri Navakara-a Defender in Calamities We were once moving through the Malava region. The residents of the region did not know dharma and therefore sometimes cause great inconvenience to Sadhus, but through ignorance. We happened to go to Dharanagari. As it was an ancient place of pilgrimage, we had peaceful Darshan over there.
At the proper time I went to the Sthandilabhumi. First, the ignorant people started with abuses. The group grew larger. Then I started chanting of Shri Navakara that endowed fearlessness. The attack was on and so was my Japa. They pelted stones. But not a single stone could touch my body, thanks to the Navakara
Thus, it is that man-made calamities cannot affect us because of the Navakara.
All these events deepened my faith in the Navakara. Some incidents there are in my life that have saved me from ghosts and goblins. This is Navakara. What is expected is total submission to it. Till today the Navakara has not failed anybody.
