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found that some eight to ten persons had lifted one person on a cot. On inquiry it was found that he was bitten by a snake, was unconscious and was being taken to a snake-charmer (Garudi). One boy asked : "Uncle! how does a Garudi bring poison out?" One other student was quick of reply : “By Mantras," he said. All became alert and wanted to know what their teacher said. He was silent. But one student told him : "Uncle! you too know the Mantras!" All insisted then that their teacher should now work.
The persons going with the cot stopped. They were called back. Under instruction from Jairambhai, the persons with the cot and the students entered a field. The cot was also brought in the field under instruction from Jairambhai. All others encircled the cot.
Jairambhai had never made such an experiment; he did not know the Garudi Mantras. He had yet deep faith in the Navakara Mantra. He brought God to memory and started chanting the Navakara Mantra. All were breathless, standing like statues. Time was also at a standstill. Winds had stopped blowing. Birds were all silent and, as if co-operative. The lips of Jairambhai were fluttering while the Mantras were on inside the mind.
There was a movement after a while. The man in the cot moved a little. Then he suddenly got up and started vomitting. Then his eye-balls became steady. He got up from the cot. He was free from the effects of poison.
How this actually happened was a matter of surprise even to Jairambhai. Children of those days have now grown up. Whenever they meet him, they happily remember the incident. Their love and regard touch his heart and his faith in the Navakara Mantra grows stronger and stronger.
