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(Asuri). As a result, the goddess is not able to root him out completely. At the same time she does not allow the spirit of the Pathan to take his life.
Once the gentleman approached me and described his unfortunate state. I recommended to him to take to one Ayambila daily and to chant the Navakara and the Uvasaggahara (Upasargahara). He said : "I try hard to take to these Sattvika ways. Yet, when I try these suddenly intoxication overtakes me and I remain in this state for hours. Sometimes I feel so much of pressure on my chest that perforce I have to give it up.
Once incidentally, I had to go to his house for Gochari. On request from him and his wife | started offering a benediction (Mangalika). After chanting the Navakara, I started chanting the “Vajrapanjarastotra." The gentleman all of a sudden got up with a frightening cry and started shouting threats in the Arabic with his face terror-striking and threatening. As this happened repeatedly, his wife and two children understood the meaning of a few Arabic words. They told me that :
"The spirit tells you that you should stop chanting the religious Mantras, or else he will kill you ... etc."
On hearing this, I entertained a feeling of friendship towards the Pathan and continued mentally to chant the Navakara Mahamantra. Within a matter of minutes the spirit of the Pathan left the body. His place was now taken by the two persons who had practised black magic on him. They entered his body, and, crying in sorrowful voice
stated : "O Maharaj Saheb! please save us! We are . very much afflicted with sorrow; please free us from this
suffering!"