Shri Mangal Das Pakvasa, the then Governor, and Chief Minister Ravi Shankar Shukla, accorded a warm reception to Shri Nathji.
We had heard your name a lot, said the Mangal Das Pakvasa, “Hamne aapkaa naam bahut sunaa thhaa!”
And Shri Nathji said:
One hears the name of a person either from his friends or his enemies. Both will exaggerate. It is best not to listen to any of them. Let your own experience tell you what I am!” said Shri Nathji.
The exact Hindi words Shri Nathji used at the time were:
“Aapne meraa naam yaa to doston se sunaa hogaa aur yaa dushmanaon se. Donon barrhaa ke kahenge. Donon par vishwaas mat keejiye. Aap swaiyam anubhav karen ke main kyaa hoon!”
What is your mission in life? Shri Mangal Das Pakvasa asked Shri Nathji.
What can the mission of a mere human be? Shri Nathji said in modesty.
What is the mission of God that you carry?
No one can make a claim so great! said Shri Nathji again, smiling.