Sri Aurobindo
The Mother

to Prithwi Singh

Correspondence (1933-1967)

21 July 1949

Prithwi Singh — Mother

Ma douce Mère,

... The Master has sent word to me through Nirod that I must look carefully through the proofs myself comparing it very carefully with the original. I humbly pray, Mother, that I may perform this task well by your Grace and help.

I am totally against giving these important books [of Sri Aurobindo] for publication to outsiders. If the Bombay Circle really wish to pay the costs, they can do so, but why so much demand to have it for their own publication? I am giving a note to Nolini in a day or two, and to avoid unpleasantness and being bothered, you can simply throw the whole thing on me, Mother; I will be very glad indeed.

I know that money can never be the sole consideration where the publication of Sri Aurobindo's books is concerned, and it is very doubtful how long Keshavdeo can or will continue this arrangement, after the amount he has set apart is exhausted. However this much I also must add that if for any reason whatever you decide, notwithstanding what you had written to me, to give these to the Bombay Circle, I will take it as the right and the best thing giving up all my mental prejudices. For I have full faith that whatever you decide must always be right, and even if it is altered or reversed from time to time, it must still in each instance be the right thing, the differences in action being necessitated in each case by the demand of the occult working in material circumstances, however ungrasped the reason to the limited human mind.

With deep devotion I prostrate myself at Thy Feet and offer my pranams. May I always remain faithful and obedient to my beloved Mother.

I shall do my best not to give any more books of Sri Aurobindo to Keshavdeo.

My love and blessings

Mother
21 July 1949