Each and every action that Shri Nathji performed had a wealth of meaning behind it. Even a casual walk was laden with meaning. There was a time when Shri Nathji went for a walk around Camel’s Back Road in Mussoorie and went to Mull Cottage to enquire after Shri P.C. Mull, who was a famed photographer of Lucknow. The cottage was locked.
A gentleman in the neighbourhood saw Shri Nathji and was at once taken up by his personality. He came up to Shri Nathji, and, informed Shri Nathji that P.C. Mull no longer lived there. As was his wont, Shri Nathji began speaking to the person with great love. The man was Justice Raghubar Dayal of the Allahabad High Court. He was so impressed by Shri Nathji that he immediately invited Shri Nathji to come inside his house and to sit in his drawing room.
As Shri Nathji’s words fell upon his ears, a feeling of great peace and solace entered into him. He had been bereaved in the recent past. He had lost a dear son and the tragedy was still weighing upon his mind. He discovered, much to his astonishment, that Shri Nathji’s words, and, indeed, his mere presence, filled him with such infinite peace that his grief disappeared in a moment.
When Shri Nathji finished speaking, Justice Raghubar Dayal said to him:
“Maharaj! You did not come for P.C. Mull. You came for me! I had lost my son and was filled with unbearable grief, but your words have brought a new life into me.”
Justice Raghubar Dayal and his wife became greatly devoted to Shri Nathji thereafter, and made it a point to come for Shri Nathji’s darshan whenever they were in Mussoorie in the years that followed. Even after Justice Raghubar Dayal had been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India at Delhi he would never forget to visit Shri Nathji whenever he came to Mussoorie with his family for the summer vacations.
Justice Raghubar Dayal’s wife had great affection for Mateshwari and would praise her for the manner in which she had maintained such a large and beautiful house and also the manner in which she had given such a good education to her sons. She would be very concerned whenever Mateshwari was ill, and would often say:
“I belong to a Judge’s home. I know this world is very bad. It worries me that Mateshwari becomes ill whenever she comes to Mussoorie. I hope there is no one trying to poison her through the food! Please be very cautious.”
Shri Nathji would ever afterwards recall the concern and wise counsel of the judge’s wife and frequently quoted her words before Pran Nath and Priya Nath whenever Mateshwari was ill at Mussoorie.