Shri Nathji explained the meaning of his avatarhood to the devotees one day as he said:“Logon men sirf manushatva hotaa hai,“Human beings have only human qualities in them. I contain qualities, which are human as well as godly.These were the days when Shri Nathji had begun to have a bad cough with an occasional rattle of sputum which made Priya Nath very worried.