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33. Navakara Saved Chastity
Revered Munishri Apurvaratnasagarji Maharaj
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Revered Munishri Muktiratnasagarji Maharaj
The six incidents narrated here are taken with thanks from "Miracles of Navakara Mantra" (Navakara Mantra Chamatkaro)
A lady of a rich family had come from Bombay to Rajkot at the house of some relative. After her work here was over, she was preparing to return within a day or two. It was then that there was a sudden call from Bombay; she was asked to return immediately by a car that was sent.
The car reached in the evening. The driver had come all alone with the car.
The lady asked: "Why has nobody come?"
The driver replied: "No one was in a position to come. The master (Sheth) therefore sent me only. We will have to start at once so that we reach Bombay tomorrow morning."
The lady hesitated a little. But the driver was a man of family-confidence and utterly faithful. There was therefore no fear. But, with youth and extreme beauty, if she goes all alone with the driver, she might give rise to suspicious talk. She therefore took a girl-friend of hers. They sat in the back seat and the driver was in front. The car was on its way to Bombay.
They had gone far away from Rajkot. They were a little away from a village when both felt like easing
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