Illustrated Namokara Mahamantra

Author(s): Shreechand Surana, Surendra Bothra
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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someone and it has bitten my own son." It was then that I came to know of the culprit. The child was given treatment. Even I helped. But he did not respond and died. That man had only one son. After 15 days that man also died. See, what a pillar the sāmāyika and the ṇamokāra is; the looming disaster of death was pacified and passed away without harming.
(Courtesy: Mangala-mantra Namokara: An Analysis; Dr. Nemichandra Jain, Jyotiṣācārya)
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In the modern scientific age when the medical science claims of its ultimate progress, there are still some diseases for which science fails to provide a treatment. Even doctors tell that the patient requires prayer not medicine anymore. They loose hope for the patient's life.
Something like this happened to Śri Gulabcand Bhai.
For six months Śrī Gulabcand Bhai suffered from headache. Doctors were consulted and told, "I have terrible headache, please give me proper treatment."
After extensive checkup doctors said, "We can not diagnose your disease."
One after another, a number of doctors were consulted. But none of them could diagnose the disease and gave the same reply. The pain went on increasing.
One day Gulabcand Bhai saw a clot of blood in the mucus when he coughed. When he informed of this to the family doctor, a lot of tests were conducted. The doctor said, "Gulabcand Bhai! it appears to be cancer."
Hearing of cancer, Gulabcand Bhai became concerned. He met Dr. Kapur, who examined him thoroughly and said, "Just now, you take a course of penicillin. We shall start any other treatment after that only."
With every passing day Gulabcand Bhai's condition deteriorated. There was inflamation and swelling in the throat. Quantity of food intake reduced. Even with the help of liquids no solid food could be swallowed. He was in a bad shape.
The inflamation inside the throat increased and it became difficult even to take liquids. Next day Dr. Modi was consulted. After examination and tests he said, "Gulabcand Bhai, your cancer has reached its last stage. There is no scope of treatment. The condition has deteriorated so much that it is not possible even to take a slice for biopsy."
After this, Dr. Modi took aside the family doctor of Gulabcand Bhai and advised him, "The patient won't last more than a day or two. Inject sedatives so that he dies peacefully."
Dejected, Śrī Gulābcand Bhai and his family doctor returned. They had lost all hope of life.
The fact was that Śrī Gulabcand Bhai had the cancer of throat and tongue. The tonsils, that assist swallowing of the food, were also inflamed. This cancerous inflamation of the tonsils had reduced the passage in the food pipe. That is why Śri Gulabcand Bhai could not even drink water. He asked his family doctor, "Doctor, please do something so that I may drink water. I am thirsty, the throat is absolutely dry."
The family doctor assured, "Spend the night somehow. I shall feed you some water with the help of a tube tomorrow morning."
Śrī Gulabcand Bhai returned home. He was already so disheartened that he was not able to build any confidence even on the assurance of the family doctor. The thought that he will not last the night kept on tormenting him. The darkness of despair started filling his mind slowly.
1. Gulabcand Bhai had registered himself for cancer treatment in Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay on dated 13-12-45
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