A chauffeur was sought from Dehra Dun, and finally a Muslim driver was engaged. His name was Hasaab Husein. The man had met Shri Nathji previously and had great regard for him. There was the time when Shri Nathji gave him some money as prasaad and referred to it as “Tabarruk”, meaning a divine offering, and the man had never forgotten it. The children thereafter had always referred to the driver as “Tabarruk”, taking it to be his name.
And it was thus in the first week of January 1955, that Shri Nathji, Mateshwari, Pran Nath and Priya Nath got into the Standard Car to go down to Dehra Dun, and from there to numerous cities across India on their way to Bombay.
Pran Nath and Priya Nath sat together on the front seat of the car, adjacent to the driver’s seat, while Shri Nathji and Mateshwari sat in the back seat. This time there was no devotee with them. They were alone on the long journey, with their driver, “Tabarruk”.
It was only Shri Nathji who could have taken such a risk on such a long journey by car. Although his arm had recovered and Matehswari was better, yet they were not in the best of health. The tedious journey through unfamiliar terrain, notorious for dacoits, across dusty, unkempt roads would have deterred even the strongest of men, but not so Shri Nathji.
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