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(a) Propitiation of dharma bears quick fruit if purity is
preserved. (b) Complete purity is possible only if you maintain
yourself by just means. (c) The commencement of dharma takes place with the
means acquired ethically.
For all this our needs should be minimum. With this belief I put in efforts in that direction. For 2 months I took
one loaf of millet and water twice in the day, and for 1 months I took only boiled pulse only once in the day. I entertained the faith that one can live, by Ayambil. I started putting on cheap and lasting clothes. On the whole my daily expense was just 20 nps: If I added 30 nps to it for milk, I felt that I could live at ease. In this, luckily ! had the support of my wife and daughter.
For income, I secured the licence to drive big vehicles, at my age of 24. We were perforce to become dishonest in view of rivalry in the business. I therefore gave up the business. This meant higher taxes for my father in view of higher profits to him. My brother argued :
"With your share, greater tax will be saved than your expenses. Your family will not therefore become a burden on us. I therefore resumed my share. From that time onwards, whatever time I could spare from my business was passed in religious reading.
My wife fell sick. Doctors diagnoised the disease as T. B. 90 injections were given by way of treatment, but to no effect. A friend found a way out from a book. For alleviating the ailment all the five Padas and its letters should be chanted in reverse order, he said. I and my wife
| SR No. | 032462 |
| Book Title | Miracles Of Mahamantra Navkar |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahodaysagar |
| Publisher | Kastur Prakashan Trust |
| Publication Year | 1995 |
| Total Pages | 360 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 27 MB |