The Slaying of Dhumraksha* Loud in their gladness and their lust of fight Shouted the forest-host when they beheld The dreadful Rakshas coming forth to war, Dhumraksha; loud the noise of mellay clashed, Giants and Apes with tree and spear and mace Smiting their foemen. For the Giants hewed Their dread opponents earthward everywhere, And they too with the trunks of trees bore down Their monstrous foes and levelled with the dust. (Incomplete) *Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 52, 1-4. Page – 24

Mahalakshmi* In lotus-groves Thy spirit roves: where shall I find a seat for Thee ? To Thy feet's tread — feet dawn-rose red — opening my heart Thy throne shall be. All things unholy hurt Thy soul: I would become a stainless whole: 0 world's delight. All-beauty's might! unmoving house Thy grace in me. An arid heart Thou canst not bear: It is Thy will love's bonds to wear: Then by Thy sweetness' magic completeness make me Thy love's eternal sea. * Anilbaran Roy Page – 387

III The Slaying of Jarasandha Krishna pursued: “Now is the call of Fate, Fallen is Dimbhuc, fallen Hansa great, Kansa is slain and all his host; the hour At last draws nigh when Jarasandha’s power Must bow to death; yet not in violent war Is conquerable nor all the gods that are Nor the embattled Titans overwhelm: In deadly duel we must vanquish him. Conduct is mine, strength Bheem’s and in the field Arjoon who is very victory stands to shield. We will consume the Maagadh, King, believe, As three strong fires a sacrifice achieve If we three in a lonely place attain To see him, no doubt is, the King of m

ON VIRTUE Description of the Virtuous Homage to him who keeps his heart a book For stainless matters, prone great talk to prize And nearness of the good; whose faithful look Rejoices in his own dear wife, whose eyes Are humble to the Master good and wise; A passion high for learning, noble fear Of public shame who feels; treasures the still Sweet love of God; to self no minister, But schools that ravener to his lordlier will, Far from the evil herd on virtue’s hill. The Noble Nature Eloquence in the assembly; in the field The puissant arm, the lion’s heart; proud looks Unshaken in defeat; but modest-kind Mercy when v

MALAVICA  And  the  king A Play by Kalidasa in Five Acts (Rough Draft) scene:  the palace IN vidisha PERSONAGES AGNIMITRA :                                    King of Vidisha, son of Pushpamitra, Commander-in-chief and afterwards supplanter of the Maurya Dynasty in Vidisha VAHATAKA :                                     Prime Minister of Vidisha GAUTAMA                                         The Brahmin Buffoon, companion of the King GANADASA , HARADUTTA            Ministers of acting, drama and opera, the one entertained by Queen of Vidisha DHARINIE :                                        Queen of Vidisha IR

King and Devotee* The King of kings has made you a king, Your sceptre gave, your throne of gold, Man and fair maid for retinue, Your swords of sheen, your warriors bold, Your crown, your flag, your victor-pomps, High elephants and steeds of pride, The wise to counsel, the strong to serve, And queens of beauty at your side. To me He gave His alms of grace, His little wallet full of songs, His azure heavens for my robe, His earth, my nest, to me belongs. My sleeping room is His wide world, Planet and star for bulb and lamp, The King of kings who beggared

ON WISDOM Poets and Princes             Unhonoured in a State when poets dwell                         Whose fames range wider than its strong-winged birds,             Whose utterance is for grace adorable                         Of chosen speech and art of noble words,             Whose wisdom hundreds come to hear and tell;             The world that nation’s chief for dullness blames,                         For poets without wealth are rich and kings:                         When values low depreciate costly things,              ‘Tis the appraiser’s shame and not the gem’s. True Wealth             Knowledge is truest wealth,

June 30, 1971 There's a dreadful confusion, everyone is quarreling.... Before, at least, Indira and N.S. got along with one another, but now.... Indira has sent word through the governor that if I had something to tell her, I should do so through him -- I have nothing to say. Page 176 We're receiving letters from all over with the "true knowledge" of what should be done according to Sri Aurobindo, and.... There's such a mixture, things are all scrambled, oh!... It is Falsehood putting a mantle of truth in order to appear credible. The two of them don't get along anymore because Indira says that I told her one thing, while N.S. says, "No, Mother said that." That's where we ar

March 2, 1971 (Extract from Sujata's notebook. For the last two days Mother's cheek has been very swollen from an abscessed tooth.) Mother is better. Tendency to be indrawn. While she was holding my hands, it seemed to me that something went from me into her. Mother seemed to be resting well. Page 57

September 1, 1971 (Concerning the years 1946-1948, when Satprem first came to Pondicherry to join the government of French India with Governor Baron.) An image has remained with me which I can't forget. There was a new governor, the one who succeeded Baron [in 1949], and I had gone to see him with Pavitra, and on my way out, in the salon or on the veranda, I don't remember, or the balcony, you were sitting there -- don't you remember? No, Mother. You were two or three -- you were sitting there. You were still here, you hadn't yet left [Pondicherry]. And that has remained with me -- even now. How long ago was it? Twenty ... -five years ago. It has remained cle