and there is the other reason.1 He must either wait perhaps for a very long time – he is exceedingly young – or find a place elsewhere.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
CWSA 35
Fragment ID: 9164
Admission to the Ashram, 1927 – 1943 [44]
This is not the time when we can go on increasing the number of members of the Asram – as you can well understand. We have no accommodation, the numbers are already unwieldy – and there is the other reason.1 He must either wait perhaps for a very long time – he is exceedingly young – or find a place elsewhere.
17 February 1934
1 In February 1934, the Government of French India initiated an inquiry into the organisation and finances of the Ashram, as a result of which it requested Sri Aurobindo and the Mother not to buy or rent more houses. See pages 30–32. – Ed.