Soon afterwards Pran Nath suddenly fell ill. He lost his temper with Shyam Lal Kasera who was present, and slapped him on his face. This was most astonishing because Pran Nath had been known to be the gentlest person upon earth. It had always been Priya Nath who had displayed a mischievous nature. This was to be the first of many attacks of a similar nature that were to come to Pran Nath with ever-increasing weakness and irritability. Shri Nathji knew at once that someone had done something to him. The place had proved to be inauspicious for Shri Nathji and Mateshwari as well as the boys. The illness of Pran Nath was to have serious and far-reaching repercussions in the life of Shri Nathji.