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The month of March brings severe bouts of weakness, dizziness and mental toxicity for Shri Nathji, which he fights off very bravely. The Sorbitrate – so vital for his heart – begins to cause these symptoms and Priya Nath becomes distraught, saying:“O Pitaji! Even the best of doctors and medicines fail on you! What can anyone do now? Cure yourself of the disease you have taken upon your body! That is my only prayer!”“Piyaji aap itnaa zyaadaa “Priyaji, you begin to worry so much that it becomes difficult for men to tell you anything!”Priya Nath says: “If you don’t tell me of the symptoms how will I be able to do anything! No matter what happens you must tell me!”“Priyaji, mujhe aapkaa bhee khyaal raihtaa hai, ke kaheen itnaa zyaadaa worry karne se aapki tabeeyat par asar naa aa jaaye!“Priyaji, I remain worried about you, lest so much worrying may affect your health!”And Priya Nath says: “Then don’t let the illnesses come to you!”“Shareer koyi patthar thhorri hai! Vaise to umar ke saathh“After all, the body is not made of stone! A natural deterioration has to come with age upon all. Old age came even upon Rama and Krishna. My health is still much better than that of lakhs of persons, even at this age!And thus the heated arguments go on and on between Priya Nath and Shri Nathji as in the years past. Priya Nath cannot reconcile himself to Shri Nathji taking any kinds of illnesses upon his body–which he knows belong to other people. “It would have been better if you had taken an Avatar in a body of iron which would have been impervious to all diseases!’But he knew this was an impossibility, as Shri Nathji had often said:“If I had come in a body made of iron that was impervious to hunger or thirst, and that did not eat or drink, people would have been afraid to come to me and would have said: ‘What kind of a man is he? He is not even human! Priya Nath is later sorry that he has broken his resolution to never to quarrel with his dear Pitiji, and that such scenes can cause a further strain on Shri Nathji’s delicate heart, already hurt by the going away of the Tamans.