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It is June 23, 1991, Shri Nathji wraps the golden yellow silken turban around his head tightly and meticulously till it assumes the shape of a beautiful crown around his head. Never before has he tied a turban so beautifully around his head. “Bhola Nathji Bhagwan ki Jai!”Even as people begin to fill the hall, the Doordarshan Television crew arrives and wants to film Shri Nathji speaking.“WHO DOES NOT WANT PEACE? SHOW ME THE MAN WHO DOES NOT WANT PEACE!”Only God could make a statement like this. Only God could want nothing from God.“I am broadcasting to the whole world!”And the greatest miracle was that Shri Nathji was not the least bit tired at the end of the loud, powerful, non-stop speech for 1 ½ hours in his debilitated state of health. Only God was capable of such a feat.“Ishwar parmaatma kaa roop!“God Incarnate upon earth!”Priya Nath made a brief and impressive speech in which he told the audience that Shri Nathji had proved his dictum: “Where God exists time does not exist!”And, then he played Shri Nathji’s ghazals:“Saakiya hamko jahaan men ab too aisaa jaam de“O Divine Saki! Give us that cup in the worldThe second ghazal was the World Prayer Day Song, which was played on every 23rd of June:“Har kaum ke labon par, har mulk ki zubaan par“On the lips of all the races, the tongues of all the nations,The third ghazal was Shri Nathji’s powerful challenge to the forces of evil:“Kaih do havaaye tez ko barrkar na aaye aur,“Go and tell the fierce wind to not to make its onslaught,The last verse of this ghazal showed Shri Nathji’s concern for the suffering humanity.“Gham ‘Nath’ hai zyaada har ek muztarib hai“O Nath, sorrow looms large, all are in pain,And the final ghazal of the evening was Shri Nathji’s most recently written ghazal:“Zere hijaab too thhaa ab be-hijaab hojaa“Thou wert concealed behind a veil, become now unconcealed,And finally Pran Nath gave a very brief, but deeply touching ‘vote of thanks’ which filled everyone with the depth of his innocence and purity, in which he referred to Shri Nathji as “Pitaji”.