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self-introspection and felt that now my strong feeling was this :
"Someone might do an evil turn to me. Still, I ever feel and sincerely too that he should improve and be happy."
On 6-1-1970, when I was 37, my six oxen consumed Rajko and were ill with swelling of the belly (Afro). My servant reported that a week back one sturdy cow died of this in no time; there was no time for treatment. Immediately I started chanting the Navakara Mantra in the reverse order and found that within some fifteen minutes, the oxen had recovered.
Then I found that the neck of the watchman of our orchard, Shambhu Barot, was not twisting on one side. Twelve days or so had passed and he was worried. Just with an inherent deep feeling that he should recover, I chanted the Navakara in brief. We separated. He went home and informed us that he had recovered.
Because of all this my wife and daughter also desired to grasp the significance of the Navakara and to memorize and chant it. From March to August in 1971, they were instructed in this for 1 hours daily. They proceeded to become propitiators of the Navakara, who have grasped it fully.
Certain sufferings are found to be for our good. I had got diverted to dharma on account of my long sickness. I therefore resolved to experiment in the Navakara with a strong feeling that all difficulties, other than the ones that are for our good should be removed.
Our Sangh on foot reached Suthari from Layja. We were going by a jeep to remain present on the occasion of
