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He therefore asked him: "Will you come to my house?"
The boy said, 'Yes.'
The house of that military man was in Nagalamadi (Dist Aita). He told his wife: "This boy is the son of a friend of mine. He will stay with us."
Days passed. On the Diwali day meat was cooked in the house. Pravin therefore resolved not to take food there. The sister of that military man was a vegetarian. She took him to her house. He stayed there and daily and regularly would chant the Navakara.
On the other side, at our residence also we had undertaken a non-stop Japa of Shri Navakara Mantra for all 24 hours, the chanting of the Bhaktamara, Samayika, celibacy for a year etc. Along with the same, we took to calling upon Dharendra Padmavati for 5 days at a time. We prayed that our boy be saved from ill-character, ever chant the Navakara Mantra and his displeasure be removed. As a result of all this one night in dream Pravin saw a goddess. She had no weapon in hand; she was not riding on any animal. The goddess, in her lustrous form and white clothes, was telling him: "Fear not. Still there is time. Propitiate Dharma. No one can hurt you in any way."
Here our Aradhana too was in progress. After some four months, on the advice of somebody, we got his photo and full address published in the daily 'Hindustan'. This was for the second time; the first had not borne fruit. Incidentally that day that military man (Mahendrapalsinh) was reading through the paper. He recognised the photo. He sent a detailed account of Pravin to us. Thus it is that
