Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1938

Letter ID: 2098

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

May 10, 1938

[Sri Aurobindo and the Mother]

Though I didn’t get into a “fit”, I couldn’t escape a slight fine tremor over two “beyonds”. How do you explain that?

Well, to silence the tremor, the best is to substitute “above” for the second “beyond” – peace be with you!

And is there a suggestion of 3 vertical lines in the 4th stanza, or cancelled as an after-thought?

No, it was a vain attempt to substitute one line for two.

Guru, this fellow Chand wants a power of attorney. It is a bother to find out Notaire Public, buy a French (?) form and all that. Shall I wait for Doraiswamy’s coming?

There is no certainty about the time of Duraiswami’s coming and meanwhile Chand may have gone to join himself to his better half, the Calcutta Corporation. Why does not Chand send you the power of attorney ready drawn up; you can go with Purani and sign it before the Consul.

Nateshan (a painter in the carpentry dept.) has syphilis. He has ulcer on the foot – an open wound. Rishabhchand says that his habits are also dirty. I’m afraid we shall have to send him to the hospital for injections. I asked Rishabhchand to give him an outside work till we hear from you.

[Mother:] Yes the man must go for treatment to the hospital and we cannot give him work until he is cured.