As the Second World War continued, its symptoms began to appear on the sacred body of Shri Nathji who was the Soul of the Universe, affected by any disharmony in any of its parts.
Shri Nathji took upon his right arm a dreadful injury that defied all of medical science. To outer appearances it was just a sprain in the elbow of the right arm from over-zealous playing of tennis in the tennis courts of the Dehra Dun house.
Smt. Veeran Devi, the elder sister of Mateshwari, who was with Mateshwari and Shri Nathji at the time, suggested massage at the hands of a masseur there, who had been a wrestler. However the massage proved to be disastrous, and very soon a swelling had developed with greatly enhanced pain that made any movement of the arm very difficult. Shri Nathji was not one to complain of pain, and the arm trouble passed un-noticed for a long time, during which period it got only worse and worse.