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The doors of Nilaben’s flat were left open by negligence. At that time the mason’s work was going on in the flat on the upper floor. The laborer carrying the bags of sand was dishonest by intention. Seeing the flat open, he misused the opportunity. He went into the flat and began to search minutely and carefully. Nilaben had gone for bath. There was no one in the flat. While searching, he happened to find the gold necklace, the auspicious golden marriage ring, and two golden bangles under the pillow in the bedroom. The laborer put the ornaments into his pocket. He stealthily went away putting the pillows as before. Then for an hour, he continued to bring bags of sand. Afterwards he pretended to have pain in the stomach and escaped away.

Nilaben had this bad habit to put the ornaments below the pillow in the bedroom everyday and to put on the same after finishing the cooking work, the next day. Nilaben did not know that her ornaments had been stolen. After finishing the cooking work, Nilaben went to her bedroom to take the ornaments, but she didn’t find them. She scattered everything in the bedroom, but she didn’t get any ornament. Being disturbed, she began to shed tears. The neighboring woman rushed there. All began to pacify her giving consolation. Her parent house was just two streets away. Someone informed at her parents’ house. Her mother and sister hurriedly came there.

Seeing her mother, Nilaben started to weep again. Mother consoled her and said, ‘Nila, you should not take out the ornaments at all. If you remove the ornaments your should put them properly in the cupboard. Well! Don’t mind what has happened. You know well that I have deep faith in Goddess Dhan Laxmi. Take the religious oath to observe Vaibhava Laxmi Vrat for eleven Friday. Goddess Laxmiji will do every thing good.’

Immediately Nilaben washed her hands and feet and solemnly affirmed to observe the Vrat of Vaibhava Laxmi for eleven Friday. She also decided to give 11 books of Vaibhava Laxmi Vrat as present to the women. Afterwards she decided to recite the name of Goddess Laxmiji with deep faith. After some time her husband returned home and Nilaben narrated him the whole incident shedding tears from her eyes. Her husband said to her, ‘Weeping is not gong to help you in any way. Come on; let us go to the police station to report the matter. Both the husband and wife closing the door of the house went to the police station. They requested the police-inspector to register the incident narrated to him. The inspector began to write the report.

Nilaben was giving the details. Just at that time one police-man, catching hold of a laborer, entered into the police-gate, and said, ‘Sir, this man was moving here and there near the goldsmith’s shop. I suspected his behavior and caught hold of him. I found these ornament from him. And he presented four ornaments of Nilaben on the table of the police inspector, the details of which Nilaben had reported to him.

The laborer also confessed his crime. He told everything from where he had stolen and how he had stolen the ornaments. He recognized Nilaben too.

Having completed the procedure, the inspector entrusted the ornaments to Nilaben. In this way, by the grace of Goddess Dhan Laxmi, Nilaben immediately received all the stolen ornaments. Then Nilaben immediately received all the stolen ornaments. Then Nilaben gave eleven books to the women as present, after having observed Vrat of Vaibhava Laxmi for eleven Friday. Thus she observed the Vrat according to the oath taken by her.

Such is the great and pious power of the Vrat of Goddess Vaibhava Laxmi. Jai Ma Vaibhava Laxmi!