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A letter reaches Shri Nathji on the 21st of November 1988 which states that DANDEWALI, ALIAS MRS. GANGABAI BHUTT, THE WIFE OF CHIEF JUSTICE BHUTT, HAS PASSED AWAY. The news comes from her relatives.“Prabhuji, hamen itnaa mukt naa kar denaa ke ham dobaara janam naa le saken. Jab jab aap prithvee par avatar len tab tab hamen zaroor janam de denaa taake ham aapki sewaa kar saken!“Prabhuji, do not give us salvation to such an extent that we can never come back to this earth. Every time that you take an avatar and come to the earth, then let us be born again so that we may serve you in human form!”At first Priya Nath does not know whether to tell Shri Nathji about Dandewali’s death or not. He is worried of the shock that it may cause Shri Nathji. Although on the heavenly plane Shri Nathji already knew what had happened, but still on the earthly plane he had his manushya leela to perform–and being “shocked” was part of that leela.“Dandewali ke rishtedaaron ki chitthee aayi hai ke uski “A letter has arrived from Mrs. Bhutt’s relatives that Mrs. Bhutt has died.”Shri Nathji is not overly affected. He knew about it already through His Divine Power. “Baap barraa naa Maa barri“Neither the father is great, nor the motherPriya Nath also recollects another song he had heard as a child:“Kahaan jaayen ham, jab kissee ko kissee par bharosaa naheen! Where indeed can we go when no one has faith in anyone in this world!”Priya Nath had not forgotten how the brothers and sisters of his maternal aunt, Veeran Devi, had all ganged up on her and sought to possess the little room that was in her occupation. He had not forgotten how Veeran Devi’s daughter and son had done nothing for her all her life and had later come to claim her property after her death. The same thing had now happened with Mrs.Gangabai Bhutt, where a relative who had been a total stranger all her life, had suddenly shown up to become her heir.“Bechaari. Achhaa huaa uskaa iss vakt chale jaanaa, varnaa burraape men aur zyaada dukh bhognaa parrtaa.“Poor woman. It is good that she has left the world, otherwise she would have had to suffer more in her old age.”She had died in Jabalpur in the midst of relatives who hadn’t had much concern for her welfare.