(Translated from Bengali )
GHAZIPUR,
15th March, 1890.
DEAR ATUL BABU (Atul Chandra Ghosh.),
I am extremely sorry to hear that you are passing through mental afflictions. Please do only what is agreeable to you.
यावज्जननं तावन्मरणं
तावज्जननीजठरे शयनम्।
इति संसारे स्फुटतरदोषः
कथमिह मानव तव सन्तोषः॥
— “While there is birth there is death, and again entering the mother’s womb. This is the manifest evil of transmigration. How, O man, dost thou want satisfaction in such a world!”
Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.
PS. I am leaving this place tomorrow. Let me see which way destiny leads!