Aurobindo versus Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo saw.
Sri Aurobindo became.
Aurobindo — the boldest revolution.
Sri Aurobindo — the quickest evolution.
Aurobindo — “British, out!”
Sri Aurobindo — “World-ignorance, out, out, out!”
Aurobindo — a Cambridge-education-zenith-mind.
Sri Aurobindo — a world-illumination-Soul
And the earth-transformation-Harbinger.
Aurobindo — “Cambridge, you gave me
The vastness-knowledge-light.”
Sri Aurobindo — ”Cambridge, I give you
And the whole world
Oneness-nectar-delight.”
Aurobindo was
A world-mind-traveller-hunger
Par excellence.
Sri Aurobindo is
A cosmos-heart-lover-feast
Infinite.
Aurobindo came down.
Sri Aurobindo went up
Only to be all-where.
In England, a waking lion.
In Baroda, a watching lion.
In Bengal, a roaring lion.
In Pondicherry, an all-conquering lion.
Within, Aurobindo heard.
Without, Sri Aurobindo sounds.
Aurobindo’s heart
Was a God-dreamer.
Sri Aurobindo’s life
Is a God-giver.
Aurobindo — the perfect definition
Of a God-oneness-seeker.
Sri Aurobindo — the absolute definition
Of God the Supreme.
In Bengal, he was
An India-lover,
India-awakener
And India-server.
In Pondicherry, he became
A God-seer,
God-possessor
And God-distributor.
Aurobindo saw the world.
Sri Aurobindo fought for the world
And so does he still.
His The Life Divine
Is God the man’s
Aspiration-victory-song.
His Savitri
Is man the God’s
Transformation-manifestation-gong.
Aurobindo accepted humanity’s imperfections
As his own.
God accepted Sri Aurobindo
To claim His Perfection
As his own, very own.
Aurobindo was humanity’s
Life-temple-beauty.
Sri Aurobindo is Divinity’s
Heart-Shrine-Fragrance.
Sri Aurobindo is caught
By both man and God alike —
Man for his transformation;
God for His manifestation.
(Sri Chinmoy, The mind loves the heart, the mind becomes the heart, part 2, Agni Press, 2003)
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