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Keshav was very much impressed by this and he developed faith in the religion. He also learned the Bhaktämara Stotra and started singing the Stotra for his welfare and peace.
One day he thought: " Those who are wealthy are considered nobles. They are regarded as virtuous and learned. They are (regarded as) good orators and handsome ones. In fact all virtues and attributes lie in wealth."
On thinking this, he decided to go to a distant land and earn money. On his way, in the deep jungle, a lion came up to him. Keshav started reciting the Bhaktämara Stotra and the lion went away. Keshav continued his journey.
Further a field; he met a stranger who was an expert in black magic. That man said to Keshav that there was no need to go to a far far land to earn money, he knew a place where they both could go and get lot of money without much trouble. Keshav agreed to go with the stranger. The stranger took him to a nearby well and said to Keshav. Please go down the well, there you will see a bowl, full of golden liquid. Go and fetch it and we both will be very rich. Keshav was a straightforward man and he trusted this stranger. Keshav climbed down and got hold of the bowl. He ascended to the ground and asked the stranger to hold the bowl so that he could climb out of the well. The other man took the bowl in his own hands but as he himself wanted to keep all the riches, pushed Keshav back in the well. He was badly hurt but he was not a man who would easily give up. He had great faith in the power of the Bhaktämara Stotra. He recited the Stotra and there the Goddess Chakreshvari appeared in front of him. The Goddess pulled him safely out of the well and gave him some jewels.
Once again the Bhaktämara Stotra saved Keshav. Not only that, this time he got some precious gems which made him a very rich person. One more incident happened when he was returning back to his town. He had forgotten his way back and was lost in the forest. He was very tired and thirsty. Again due to help from the Goddess Chakreshvari, he found his way.
Story No. 4 (About Verses Nos. 13 and 14)
A merchant by the name of Satyak was living in the town of Anhilpur. He was a devotee of Pärshvanätha. His guru was the famous monk Hemchandrächärya. Satyak had a daughter whose name was Dähi. Once the Guru Hemchandra taught Satyak and his daughter the Bhaktämara Stotra and advised them to recite it everyday.
Dähi became a beautiful young woman as time passed. Her father Satyak married her to a young and rich man. Once the marriage ceremony was over, the groom's party set out for their own town. Dähi was in the party with her newly wedded husband. During the dinner everyone sat down but Dähi had taken a vow that she would not eat before worshipping God and before reciting the Bhaktämara Stotra.
Thus Dähi did not eat anything. Other people in the party thought that Dähi was sad on leaving her parents and that is the reason she is not having anything.
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