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62. Death runs away when Navakara
is in Vicinity Jayantilal Himajibhai Gandhi 'Tejprakash' A, Block No. 8, Dattapada Road
Near Railway Crossing,
Borivali (West), Bombay. I narrate here the very powerful effect of the Navakara Mantra.
I had gone in the 'Set Tour of Shri Trivedi to see 'Expo Seventy' in 1970. We had gone by air to Hong Kong, Malasysia, Penang, Kualalumpur etc. by plane. Every time we boarded the plane chanting the Navakara Mantra. We faced no problem or difficulty. But in the last lap of our journey, from Singapur to Kualalumpur to Madras we forgot the chanting because our minds were engrossed in our children whom we were anxious to meet. The plane started. After 1 hour was passed in the plane, the 'danger light did not go off, and we were awfully frightened. The plane was going up and down; it was unsteady. Death seemed to be near. All began to cry and scream. My wife was totally upset.
Just then, in the natural course as if, I had an inner inspiration to chant the Navakara Mantra. I revealed it to my friends. All of us chanted the Mantra in deep faith. Just then, after a short while it was declared that the plane was returning. It could not, for some time, come on the ground. Our chanting was continuous and the plane grounded safely. At that time also our chanting of the Mantra was on. Now, we never forget this sacred Mantra; we learnt a lesson that we should probe deep into the heart and steady ourselves in it.
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