Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1938
Letter ID: 2105
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
May 20, 1938
... André said he fears T has T.B... At present she has no taste at all due to fever. So I have asked her to take more fruits.
When it becomes necessary to have special food for her, you will have to arrange directly with L about it.
“Lonelily like a sheep I go
Along the watermark of time...”
How is this sheep? “Lonelily” Harinian?
I don’t know if it is Harinian, but it is certainly impossible. Sheep is too sheepish,– you might just as well say, “like a mouse”.
Guru, do you find any blessed progress?1 Getting rather “hopeless”!
A very fine poem, sir. Progress blessed, not hopeless.
1 “Lonely Tramp”, Sun-Blossoms, p. 56.