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Shri Nathji makes his usual query about lunch:“Piyaji, khaane kaa kyaa karna hai – paune chaar hone lage hain!“Piyaji, what is to be done about lunch – it is almost a quarter to four!”Shri Nathji and Priya Nath have been keeping dreadfully irregular hours for meals. “Phir vohi “No matter what we may do, we arrive at the same old time!”Priya Nath would recall Shri Nathji quoting the old English adage during the early years at Mussoorie:“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!”Shri Nathji often said to Priya Nath:“Priyaji, ham log“Priyaji, we do not observe any of the rules of health. Eating so late upsets the entire system!”Shri Nathji would also say:“Priyaji, health“Priyaji, if the health is lost once, it is very hard to regain. You must take great care of your health. Yours is a growing body. Babaji used to say that these irregularities didn’t seem important in young age but made their effect felt in old age.”And yet the great miracle was, that, despite these irregular hours, which defied the advice of medical science, Shri Nathji and Priya Nath remained in such good health, looking perennially youthful in appearance and seldom falling ill–except for the illnesses of the devotees which Shri Nathji invariably took upon Himself.“Hamen kissee cheez ki“I have no other worry except the worry about your health. Nothing should ever happen to you.”Shri Nathji lies in bed, and refers to Dr. P.K. Khanna’s advice:“Ussne kahaa thaa na ke paintaalisShri Nathji innocently accepts the advice of every doctor whether it is right or wrong – but often can decipher between the two.