Saigal meant 'god' as Ooparwal in "Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals".
Famous K. L. Saigal Quotes
“I have no knowledge with me to make you a better singer than you are.”
By Fayyaz khan in [Ranganathan Magadi, The Literary Works of Ranganathan Magadi, http://books.google.com/books?id=zU-xAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA645, 1 February 2007, Ranganathan Magadi, 978-1-4116-7004-4, 645–]
By M Syed Alam in "A tribute to KL Saigal."
By Raychand Boral in "Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals".
“Sorry, I don’t understand ragas. Just show me the tune and I sing.”
Then sing anything you like, said Boral, and Saigal started singing something in Raag Asawari.
In Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals, 28 September 2012, accessdate3 January 2014, New Age Islam http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-culture/begum-akhtar-the-undisputed-malika-of-ghazals/d/8820,