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taken the vow not to take food and water till the happy news of a successful operation. Added was her resolve to take to religious vows-austerity-chanting etc.
In my life, suddenly a small ailment came and it took a very serious turn. This led to a very risky operation which had frightened the best of doctors. This was in tune with the scriptural rule that “Punya and Papa observed in an acute feeling bears fruit in no time." According to natural indications, by dravya operations, pus and rotten bones etc. were removed. During the course of my acute suffering, thanks to the constant and incessant chanting of this Namaskara Mahamantra, my internal sinful inclinations were also operated upon. The covering of delusion of my vision was also removed and the sense of discrimination developed.
For post-operative treatment, I had to be in the hospital for some time. But my inclinations were totally revolutionized under the guidance of my sense of discrimination. Till to-day, I had talked laughingly with nurses and other ladies on the staff just for fun. During these talks I nourished the secret sin of perverted vision. Now this came to a stop; I nourished all hatred towards these sins.
Now I could grasp, in all its effectiveness, the understanding of the greatness of soundness of character that I had learnt in childhood from my grandfather, my venerable mother and the Pathshala.
Dr. Nicholson, Dr. Reid and others gave me in all affection and regard, a course of vitamin injections under the expert guidance of Dr. Night. The idea was to see that I recover well and fast and get enriched in blood. Yet they