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THE WAY OF LIFE
was in great anguish. The Chief Minister asked him politely, "Oh King, why are you so restless and agitated? Why are you in such deep sorrow?" The tears flowed from the King's eyes. The Chief Minister wiped those tears with the edge of his upper cloth.
"Dear Chief Minister, I am worried about the welfare of Lilavati. I do not know what has happened to her?" The King looked towards the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister said, "Maharaj, have some courage. The Queen is safe and well. She has Dharma in her heart and that will save her. I will arrange to search for her. But you must graciously consent to do a certain thing". The king asked him, "What shall I do? Tell me what I should do. I will act according to your words”.
The Chief Minister said, “You perform an efficacious Dharmakarya (austerity) that will bring an auspicious fruit to my efforts and within seven days I can find out the Queen and bring her here". The king asked him, "What austerity should I perform?” The Chief Minister described the austerity that the king had to perform : In a month, there are five auspicious days. On those auspicious days, in our country no one should do any evil action and all bad habits should be prohibited. You must prohibit the seven most sinful habits among people. Nobody should eat meat on that day; no one should drink liquors; no one should gamble; no one should carry on immoral sexual activities; no one should steal etc.” The king at once issued a command prohibiting all these evil habits and actions.
QUEEN LILAVATIS GRATITUDE
The Chief Minister returned home and narrated to his wife Pathamini, all that had happened. On hearing this, Pathamini felt greatly happy and smiled with joy. She went to the underground vault and narrated to Lilavati, the entire story. Lilavati was overwhelmed with joyful emotions. She said, “All this has happened on account of the efficacy of Shri Namaskar Mahamantra. This auspicious result has appeared on account of the Supreme grace of the Panchparameshti. I am about to complete one lakh recitations of the Navakar Mantra. It will be over very
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