Sri Aurobindo

10/19/2023

Bhavani Bharati Verses 13 to 15

ते ब्रह्मचर्येण विशुद्धवीर्या ज्ञानेन ते भीमतपोभिरार्याः । सहस्रसूर्या इव भासुरास्ते समृद्धिमत्यां शुशुभुर्धरित्र्याम् ॥ १३॥ te brahmacharyeNa vishuddhavIryA j~nAnena te bhImatapobhirAryAH | sahasrasUryA iva bhAsurAste samR^iddhimatyAM shushubhurdharitryAm […]
10/18/2023

Bhavani Bharati Verses 10 to 12

भीतः समुद्विग्नमनाश्च तल्पादुत्थाय पप्रच्छ तमो नमस्यम् । का भासि नक्तं हृदये करालि कुर्वाणि किं ब्रूहि नमोऽस्तु भीमे ॥ १०॥ bhItaH samudvignamanAshcha talpA- dutthAya paprachchha tamo namasyam […]
10/17/2023
Sri Aurobindo

Bhavani Bharati Verses 7 to 9

आपूर्य विश्वं पशुवद्विरावैर्लेलिह्यमानाश्च हनू कराले । क्रूराञ्च नग्नां तमसीव चक्षुर्हिस्रस्य जन्तोर्जननीं ददर्श ॥ ७॥ ApUrya vishvaM pashuvadvirAvai- rlelihyamAnAshcha hanU karAle | krUrA~ncha nagnAM tamasIva chakShu- rhisrasya […]
10/16/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Bhavani Bharati Verses 4 to 6

सुखं मृदावास्तरणे शयानं सुखानि भोगान्वसु चिन्तयन्तम् । पस्पर्श भीमेन करेण वक्षः प्रत्यक्षमक्ष्णोश्च बभूव काली ॥ ४॥ sukhaM mR^idAvAstaraNe shayAnaM sukhAni bhogAnvasu chintayantam | pasparsha bhImena kareNa […]
10/15/2023

Bhavani Bharati Verses 1 to 3

सुखे निमग्नः शयने यदासं मधोश्च रथ्यासु मनस्चचार । स चिन्तयामास कुलानि काव्यं दारांश्च भोगांश्च सुखं धनानि ॥ १॥ sukhe nimagnaH shayane yadAsaM madhoshcha rathyAsu manaschachAra | […]
10/14/2023

Bhavani Bharati – An Introduction

Bhavani Bharati is Sri Aurobindo’s only poem in Sanskrit, written between 1904 and 1908. It has 99 verses in the “Upajati” metre which is an apt choice […]
09/15/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

The Only Mantra

As a rule the only mantra used in this Sadhana is that of the Mother or of my name and the Mother’s. The concentration in the […]
08/24/2023

Symbol Moon

Once again thou hast climbed, O moon, like a white fire on the glimmering edge, Floating up, floating up from the haunted verge of a foam-tremulous […]
08/20/2023
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Different ways to the same goal – Sadhana

You forget that men differ in nature and therefore each will approach the sadhana in his own way—one through work, one through bhakti, one through meditation […]