Sri Krishen Khanna, the elder brother of Mateshwari, had come to Delhi during those days in 1950 and was living on the first floor of the house along with his wife, Raksha, and their three children. Lala Hargopal Khanna also lived on the first floor while the entire ground floor was placed at the disposal of Shri Nathji and his family.
The house 4/20 East Patel Nagar proved to be inauspicious for everyone. It was while Shri Nathji was living here that his beloved devotee R.R. Khanna left the world.
The one most severely affected was Sri Krishen Khanna. The life of Sri Krishen was to be a series of tragedies, which he took to be tests placed on the spiritual path.
His wife, Raksha, had no faith in Shri Nathji, and wanted her husband to give up his devotion to him. She would not tolerate Shri Nathji’s portrait on her husband’s desk and often locked it up in the cupboard in a fit of irrational jealously, causing great friction with her husband.
One day, the two daughters of Sri Krishen were returning from school when they were run over by a truck, and died instantly. The shock was so great for Sri Krishen that had Shri Nathji’s comforting hand not been on him he would have been totally shattered by the experience. Two years later, his surviving son died of cerebral malaria. The spectre of death seemed to haunt Sri Krishen wherever he went. It was only his abiding faith in Shri Nathji that kept him alive. Yet his wife could not understand this and continued to oppose his faith in Shri Nathji.
Shri Nathji used to quote Shri Babaji Maharaj who used to say:
“There are certain people in the world who will not be converted even if the gods, Vishnu, Brahma and Mahesh appear before them in all their Glory!”
There was a time when Sri Krishen Khanna had come to Mussoorie to visit Shri Nathji. While he was at Mussoorie, he received an ominous telegram with the words: “Raksha died”. The shock was too much for him. He collapsed, weeping at the feet of Shri Nathji.
Just then Shri Nathji began to laugh. The more Shri Nathji tried to suppress his laughter, the more it burst out in a childish fashion. Sri Krishen was surprised at Shri Nathji’s laughter– but later he found out the reason. When he rushed back to Delhi he found his wife waiting for him! The telegram had been false, sent only to bring him back.
In 1950 it was Sri Krishen who brought the statue from Delhi to Mussoorie in the month of June. He wrote later to Shri Nathji:
“Me Lord! The world and the Universe are so eagerly waiting for the Golden Day when the Veil of Duality shall be lifted by Thee. Pray take pity on us all! Why so much of Delay! We cannot afford to be away from Thy Lotus feet any longer!
Prostrations,
Thy Unworthy Das,
Sri Krishen”