Champaklal Speaks

Mouth not Burnt

I used to prepare the mouth-wash for Sri Aurobindo to gargle with. Once I asked him whether what I was preparing was all right.

Sri Aurobindo: “Yes, it is all right.”

C: “Is it not too strong?”

Sri Aurobindo: “It is all right. Why do you ask?”

C: “I have just learnt from Pavitra that this concentrate In prepared is very strong. Not knowing it I have been putting 20 drops of it in your mouth-wash as I used to do before. But Pavitra says that 6 or 7 drops are sufficient now.”

Sri Aurobindo: “Yes, it may be too strong. Because you see day while gargling a drop fell straight in my eye and it burned.”

C: “But does your mouth burn?” Sri Aurobindo (smiling): “No, my mouth does not burn.”

Hearing this I laughed. He also started laughing.