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18. Never Shall I Give up the Navakara ... a
Companion of Life Shri Charudharmashri, the pupil of Shri Vasantaprabhashri under the orders of most revered head of the Achalagaccha
Our most revered preceptor revered Saheb Shri Vasantaprabhashri Maharaj had some unique experiences in the course. of the Sadhana of the Navakara Mahamantra. Here, I narrate three of these. Even if one Atma will join in the propitiation of Shri Navakara Mahamantra on reading this, I shall feel that my effort has borne fruit.
Unmoved and firm in Daivi Upsarga Many years back when our most revered Gurudevashri commenced the regular and ceremonious chanting of the Navakara Mahamantra, so many and varied troubles started. These Upadravas, some of them inner and some external, continued for about three years. It happened sometimes for a month or two that genuine feeling would not be there, she would feel tired. Still, with a firm mind, she continued with the regular chanting. She had taken a vow, a firm resolve that she would not take even water till the fixed chanting was not completed.
Once after three years, she was in Mandvi (Kutch). Then it was that she began to hear terror-striking noises in which the whole universe would burst. Place of sleep was changed on the fourth day. The noises became more frightening. She began to feel as if some one was on her chest telling her in threatening words : "Will you give up your Navakara or not?”
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