He the absolute Sovereignty
Seated on a mahogany chair brought from time,
Wearing radiant shoes made of heaven’s leather,
Infinity draped himself in a gleaming shawl,
Its chocolate tinge spreading over sky and earth,
He a sovereignty descending with transfixing gaze
Holding all truth of the triple Divine in creation;
No small terrestrial sense can know great surprises,
He building the Word dense with winning silence;
Only the sun of all-knowledge, moon of gladness!
And conquered was defiance of the mind of night.
5 December 2025

Photo: Sri Aurobindo, Guest House, 41 François Martin Street, Pondicherry — circa 1911–20. After this the only photos of his were taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson on 25 April 1950.

Mahāprayṇa
5 December 1950
From the Ashram 5 December 2025





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