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35. Shri Navakara-Key to Samadhimarana
Kantibhai Karamsi Vijpar Jasmine Stores, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Parel, Bombay-12.
My father's youth passed during the days of the Freedom Movement of India. He was therefore a real patriot. He had therefore fully preserved the ethics of and ethical values in all his business dealings. He had developed fully within himself the noble virtues of simplicity, truthfulness, and service to humanity. In the later days of his life, he preferred to live in Kutch and therefore stayed in Kandagara (Kutch) after retirement.
Once he saw a boil near his neck. The local doctors advised due check up at Bombay. The expert doctor declared that he had cancer in the third stage. All were shocked and his treatment at the Tata Hospital was started. There was no possibility of total recovery. Ayurvedic treatment was given so that the pain lessened, but he knew no peace of mind.
In the course of the treatment, our relative Shri Champasi Premaji chanted the Navasmarana for him to hear daily; he also delivered religious sermons. My father heard all this with a perfectly attentive mind and committed the Navasmarana to memory. Once when Shri Champasi fumbled, he corrected him. Once our benevolent friend of the family came and laid a suggestion in all humbleness. He said that the sacred steps of Revered Acharya Shri Lakshmansurishvarji Maharaj should fall in our house so that his blessings might render some relief in the ailment. We sought our father's consent, he was not in close contact of these
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