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78. Navakara Mantra Gives New Life
Tejmal Jain (Headmaster) R. B. Vidyalaya, Bamangaon (Bundi-Rajasthan)
In the month of April in 1968, I was to go to Kota College from Kaithun (Kota) to appear at the examination. I was in a bus and it started at full speed to see that the bus that was following should not overtake us and reap greater financial benefit. The tyre of the bus burst between Raipur and Ghakalkhedi. The bus lost balance and fell in a ditch; it turned turtle. But when we were extracted from the bus, there was one person i. e., myself who was not injured at all. I immediateey realized that this was the reward of the muttering of Sri Navakara Mantra. I remained totally protected. I would not express in words as to how much faith I hold in the Navakara, because this too would amount to self-praise. But I submit here that whenever I go on a pilgrimage or commence some good work, whether awake or sleeping, I positively bring to memory and chant the Navakara Mantra whatever be my mental state.
Even with my still small span of life and limited experience, I can certify as truth the fact that all my success as a Government servant, and in my domestic life and worldly activities, is due only to the Navakara Mantra; I am amply rewarded by my faith in it.
"Boundless indeed is the glory of the Navakara Mahamantra. Turn the seven seas to ink and use all the creepers in the world as holders; make paper of the entire world. You can still not write fully the virtues of the Navakara."
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