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He sat stolid and insensate to all going around him for hours on end When he was persuaded long, to get some word from him, he would jerk to attention all of a sudden, blurt out something and fall back into former silence This continued for a number of days till he slowly regained his memory Even then, gaps remained for a very long time after One thing is clear, that he could hardly bring back anything of what he had experienced in his inner self From an aspect of some ordinary thing, something would flash back and form a link of association with the inner consciousness By such occurrences, rare and far between, portions of the occult knowledge percolated into his mind
To make it intelligible, we have pieced together these bits into a readable account for the reader It stands as it is for the reader to judge for himself how far such an experience has been significant in giving bias to the religious susceptibilities of Rup and on that account how much interesting it is for the reader to know This is the raison d'etre for its inclusion in this Sketch
When he was his normal self again, he desired to go for a change It was but natural that he should wish to be away from the place where he Tirth Yatra had suffered so much Home people readily consented or rather encouraged him He travelled to Palitana Here, he met Guru Vijay Bhaktisurishvarjee and Agamodharak Acharya Shree Sagaranand
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