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A cosmic realisation

A cosmic realisation The union that had taken place far in the long past, Certainly, it manifests now in a divine life on earth; Oh the wonder! fiery multiplicity of…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 14

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 14 Savitri repudiation of the sophist God The world is a spiritual paradox Invented by a need in the Unseen, A poor translation to…
About Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry

About Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry His poetry strikes a note of affirmation and hope, hope of ‘divine life’ on earth. He has realised that the note of negation has always hindered…
Towards the death-event

मृत्युप्रसंग पांढुरकी सकाळ येताच धावू लागली रथाची चाके; पडले मागे ते राजवाडे, विख्यात नगरे, तीर्थक्षेत्रे; होई पुजाविधी स्वस्तिपाठ, साठवित दशलक्षी पुण्य; परी गवसेना वांछित जे बाळगले जन्माजन्मांतरी; सापडेल का ते…
Some more oil paintings of the Himalaya by Marc D

Some more paintings.. Same oil technique… On peaks beyond our ken the All-Wisdom sits: A single and infallible look come down, A silent touch from the supernal air Awakes to…
Harmony

Harmony and Beauty Harmony and beauty of the mind and soul, harmony and beauty of the thoughts and feelings, harmony and beauty in every outward act and movement, harmony and…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 13

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 13 Death’s Sophistry In an immutable order’s hierarchy Where Nature changes not, man cannot change… ||144.4|| Hope not to call God down into his…
As the words go deep and deep

As the words go deep and deep जसे जाती शब्द खोल खोल जसे जाती शब्द खोल खोल उमगे बोधनीयता त्यांची; अर्थ ध्वनी येतिल दुरूनी, सांगत गौप्य लयास्वरांचे; न लागे वृंदवाद्य,…
06: Notes — Covenant in Savitri

06: Notes — Covenant in Savitri There are two occurrences of “covenant” in Savitri: 1: God’s covenant with the Night In the glow of the Spirit’s room of memories He…
Satisfaction of good beautiful life

Satisfaction of good beautiful life In Peace and Silence the Eternal manifests. — The Mother तृप्ती सुभग जिवनाची माझ्या लहानशा बागेतली फुले आणिती आनंद गोड मातीतूनी; कौतुकाने पाहे उत्सुक आभाळ,…
Unselfish Prosperity — Cannonball Flowers

Unselfish Prosperity — Cannonball Flowers He who receives it abundantly gives all that he has as he receives it. — The Mother Couroupita guianensis, Lecythidaceae Cannonball tree Nāga Pushpam कैलासपति…
Agni the Hibiscus from my Little Garden

This powerful happy marvel To “My little smile”, one of the first children admitted to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram; she came at the age of fourteen. Little smile worked for…
This joyful earth

This joyful earth पुलकित धरणी सरले दुःख, सरल्या वेदना, काळाचा कठोरपणा, झाली पुलकित धरणी प्रेमळ हर्षाच्या स्पर्शाने; पानांची टवटवी, पहाटे गोडपणा दवबिंदूंचा, उमलल्या कळ्या बागेत, आशा प्रसन्नतेच्या; रंगीत सुगंध पसरे…
The Body learning to live by the Divine alone

The Essential Agenda 1 September 1971 The body is being taught to exist by the Divine alone, to count on the Divine for everything — absolutely, absolutely everything without exception.…
05: Notes — Scansion of a Line in Savitri

05: Notes — Scansion of a Line in Savitri In the following passage from Savitri Book Four Canto One we are looking into a line from the point of its…
A Fable of the amazing Pice

A Fable of the amazing Pice अद्भुत दमडीची कहाणी मागितले एकदा मानसपुत्राने बक्षीस, दिली गोंडस दमडी हातात होती ती; नाचत नाचत गेली गावाच्या बाजारात, घेतले विकत रंगरंगीत बत्तासे खूप; ठेवला…
On the Bank of the River

On the Bank of the River नदीच्या किनाऱ्यावर दिसे मला खरे स्वप्न नदीच्या किनाऱ्यावर, वाहत येई पूर्वेकडून सकाळी सकाळी; हातात होते उमललेले फूल गुलाबाचे, स्मित जसे काही फुलली भावना ह्रदयाची;…
My Two Eyes

My Two Eyes माझे दोन डोळे माझा उजवा डोळा पाहतो उंच आकाशाकडे, धुंडूशोधीत त्याचे न दिसणारे गूढ निळेपण; असेल त्याच्याही पलीकडे खूप वास्तव्य प्रज्ञेचे तरीही न जाई दृष्टी जसे शून्य…