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13. When the Mahamantra becomes the
Defender
"When blood-stained tears are flowing at every step and every moment in life" - the person who treads over such a path full of thorns and pointed stones must be a hero indeed! Virat too was such a hero. God comes ever to the rescue of a heroic, courageous and fearless person. Virat had great courage, fearlessness - what surprise could be there if the Mahamantra came to his rescue!
Visnagar was his home-town. He was only fifteen.
Virat was only a young boy and still he had unstinted faith in his heart towards the Navakara Mahamantra; he was an unusual devotee of it. His heart ever sang the devotional songs of this Mantra!
Just at fifteen he entertained a desire to go to the grand journey of Shatrunjaya, the supreme Tirtha. The most awe-inspiring idol of Bhagavan Adinath took shape in his heart. How wonderful were for him the grand lotus-face, the vast physique, the lips bedecked with love and, regard, the two eyes sprinkling all love and compassion! Shatrunjay was as if giving a clarion-call to Virat. His whole inner self was inspiring him to proceed for the pilgrimage. How could he deny this call!
And a day came when Virat started; his entire self was full of keen desire to meet Bhagavan Adinath. He was seated in the train going towards Shatrunjay and he was all alone. The train was going on from one station to the other. The mind of Virat too was on a pleasant trip of a world of dreams.
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