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44. And the Nectar of the Tongue
Reappeared
Sadhvi Shri Minakumariji, Limbadi Sect
In Samvat 2029, we completed our yearly stay in Vankaner and came to Morbi at the end of our Vihar during winter. I suddenly fell ill, doctors were consulted for treatment. The doctor was inclined to give highly potent medicines for quick recovery. This led to reaction. At night suddenly the tongue dried up and seemed as if to withdraw within. I held my tongue between my teeth but that also began to grow fat. Mentally I began to recite the Navakara Mantra. Taking water was not possible. I therefore awakened my Sadhvis in company. They all got frightened. At the prospects of a paralytic attack all were upset. One household lady was sleeping in the Upashraya. She suggested that a doctor should be consulted. She was firm and the doctor came. He was a Jain. He could not understand what the disease was. Anyway medicine was to be served only in the morning. The doctor left, satisfied that it was not a case of paralysis. Treatment was started in the morning. It gave a little relief. It was sun-set. After Chouvihar Pratyakhyan and evening Pratikraman the same aliment was there. What to do now? All were worried. In the long cold night of the Posh month all set around me. I said : "Don't worry, sing the Navakara Mantra." I too joined with rapt attention in the propitiation of the Navakara Mahamantra. If my tongue becomes ineffective, I was no more worried. I was however alert that death should not deceive me.
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