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were in the vicinity of Vateshvar, all of a sudden seven or eight dacoits attacked us! They halted our bus; a sorrowful stunning spread over the whole bus. The 'Lord of Shankheshvar Swami' was in the mouth of all; all were mentally chanting the Namaskara Mahamantra.
For the dacoits every moment was valuable. They looted us, cash, ornaments, valuables were looted. But this was only the beginning. With our eyes wide open we were drawn in the whirlpool of thoughts. Just then the dacoits caught hold of us four as security and left. They were under the impression that we were the rich worthy sons of the Mafatlal Group of Bombay. They could therefore extract the desired earnest money.
All others in the bus looked at our arrest, all aghast. What else could they do? The robbers were with guns in their hands and uttering even one word would have meant grave risk to life. Again, who would possibly come to our rescue in this hoary jungle? Dacoits ruled over the whole
area.
The robbers were six and with guns and we were four and without guns. Thus our group of ten quickly marched towards the deep jungle.
We were running per force at fast speed through fear of the guns in the hands of the robbers. After a while we were all lost in distant deep jungles. The stories of the Chambal valleys and the robbers, the tragic stories thereof read in the newspapers were refreshed in our minds. Who could help us here? Only the Navakara Mantra in our mouths and prayer full of unstinted faith in Shri Shankheshvar in our hearts were there.
The ground was pricking with pointed stones and thorns. The facilities of city life were obstructing us in our
| SR No. | 032462 |
| Book Title | Miracles Of Mahamantra Navkar |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahodaysagar |
| Publisher | Kastur Prakashan Trust |
| Publication Year | 1995 |
| Total Pages | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 27 MB |