(Translated from Bengali)

MATH, BELUR,
26th December, 1900.

DEAR SHASHI, [1]

ⓘ[1] Swami Rāmakrishnānanda.

I got all the news from your letter. If your health is bad, then certainly you should not come here; and also I am going to Māyāvati tomorrow. It is absolutely necessary that I should go there once.

If Alasinga comes here, he will have to await my return. I do not know what those here are deciding about Kanai. I shall return shortly from Almora, and then I may be able to visit Madras. From Vaniyambādi I have received a letter. Write to the people there conveying my love and blessings, and tell them that on my way to Madras I shall surely visit them. Give my love to all. Don’t work too hard. All is well here.

Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.