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The Mother’s body better suited for the work of transfomation

Yogi Aswapati makes an ardent and strong persuasive prayer to the Divine Mother. This was in spite of the “absolute and wise” counsel from her to let things happen in…
About “He whom we saw yesterday”

About her meeting with Sri Aurobindo on 29 March 1914 for the first time the Mother writes in her Prayers and Meditations, dated 30 March 1914, the following: “It matters…
Sri Aurobindo an immense spiritual Evolution

Seen from the European angle, Sri Aurobindo represents an immense spiritual revolution, redeeming Matter and the creation, which to the Christian religion is fundamentally a fall—it’s really unclear how what…
Hymn to Durga

Mother Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength, Mother, beloved of Shiva! We, born from thy parts of Power, we the youth of India, are seated here in…
Her body’s voiceless call

If Inconscience is God’s creation, and the body is irremediably subject to its law under the sway of Death and Falsehood, there must also be a power of the transcendent…
There was the light of joy

There was the light of joy The miracle of life had started growing dynamic. There was the light of joy in the emotions. The light of joy had in it…
We are in full transition

We are in full transition We are in full transition. Concentration of force is greater and greater. It’s a strange experience. The body feels it no longer belongs to the…
A possible Sentence without a Verb in Savitri

A possible Sentence without a Verb in Savitri We are looking into the following from original Savitri Book IV Canto iii: O Spirit, traveller of eternity, Who camest from the…
A Sonnet in English and Marathi — In a Tranquil Night

A Sonnet in English and Marathi — In a Tranquil Night In a tranquil night In a tranquil night when the dreams were still asleep An incredible news the voice…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 20

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 20 Savitri-Satyavan return to earth with Krishna-Kali Down with a hurried swimming floating lapse Through unseen worlds and bottomless spaces forced Sank like a…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 19

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 19 Savitri wins the most exceptional Divine Boon Here is the most affirmative declaration of this earthly life becoming the life divine. It is…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 18

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 18 Built is the golden tower, flame-child born It is transfigured Death who is announcing the birth of the flame-child, Agni-Kumār, the son of…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 17

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 17 Earth-nature cannot rise to the celestial levels Transfigured Death, the godhead of the vision wonderful, does not see the possibility of earth-nature and…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 16

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 16 Earth is the chosen place of mightiest souls Savitri addresses transfigured Death as a “Besetter”. His argument to tempt her away from the…
Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 15

Apropos of Two Vast Negations — 15 Two Powers: One leans to earth, the other yearns to the skies Transfigured Death advises Savitri to forget the myth of earth’s desire…
09: Notes — Not always too explicit

09: Notes — Not always too explicit Amal Kiran often said that the words and phrases in poetry should always be precise, true, exact, to the point. But there should…
Let there be no setting Sun

नसावा मावळणारा सूर्य प्रबळ इच्छा की नसावा मावळणारा सूर्य, नसावी गुणगुणारी नदी कोरडी कधीही; भरगच्च धान्याने भरलेले आहे कोठार, अंतःकरण समृद्धीच्या अमाप सौभाग्याने; वाचनायलात ज्ञानविज्ञानांचे जाड ग्रंथ, निळे आकाश आणि…
Two sheets from the Savitri Manuscripts

Two sheets from the Savitri Manuscripts Savitri Book Three Canto Four in Double-Column Manuscript 1944 Images III:iv A: Eternal darkness & B: Halfway he stops The Final Text Around him…