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He returned to the village with a joyous heart. He was also delighted by the divine sounds coming from the skies.
Miracle of Faith in Shri Navakara
When the lamp of faith flickers in the heart, no dust-storm or tide of any type affects. If the lamp in form of Shri Navakara Mantra is shining in the heart (a) for swimming in the ocean of the mundane world; (b) to reach the final goal of the long long path of life, lakhs of people overcome by calamities will be able to find a way out. Deep and untiring faith must have shown the path of salvation to so many Jivas! If we have a look at the pages of history, we find that the sorrows of so many persons affilicted have been erased in no time; so many lives have marched on the path of prosperity and welfare. We have with us examples of Shripala, Chandaraja and many others. All these people resorted to the Navakara Mantra as their helpsman in this ocean of life.
These are of course stories of the past.
But even in this atomic age the grandeur of the Navakara Mantra remains just the same; no change has come in its power in spite of the pressures of time. It ever remains the Namaskara Mahamantra-Mahamantra and that only.
An example of recent times will prove the truth of this. Right from childhood l had very deep faith in the Navakara Mantra. In Dec. 1962, I saw that signs of some disease were there in my body. On consulting a lady doctor, I was told that I was afflicted with cancer. I was immediately advised to go to Ahmedabad, I proceeded. The Japa of Shri Navakara Mantra was continuous, both day and
