On the occasion of Sri Aurobindo's 150th birth anniversary, we are launching the podcast as an offering.
'Golden Gleanings' is a series of poems on the works of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo in the voice of Ms. Tara Jauhar.
Ms. Tara Jauhar is the Chairperson of 'Sri Aurobindo Ashram Delhi Branch'.
To R.
The repetition of thy gracious years
Brings back once more thy natal morn.
Upon the crest of youth thy life appears,—
A wave upborne.
Amid the hundreds thronging Ocean’s floor
A wave upon the crowded sea
With regular rhythm pushing towards the shore
Our life must be.
The power that moves it is the Ocean’s force
Invincible, eternal, free,
And by that impulse it pursues its course
Inevitably.
We, too, by the Eternal Might are led
To whatsoever goal He wills.
Our helm He grasps, our generous sail outspread
His strong breath fills.
Exulting in the grace and strength of youth
Pursue the Ocean’s distant bound,
Trusting the Pilot’s voice, the Master’s ruth
That rings us round.
Rejoice and fear not for the waves that swell,
The storms that thunder, winds that sweep;
Always our Captain holds the rudder well,
He does not sleep.
If in the trough of the enormous sea
Thou canst not find the sky for spray,
Fear never, for our Sun is there with thee
By night and day.
Even those who sink in the victorious flood,
Where do they sink? Into His breast.
He who to some gives victory, joy and good,
To some gives rest.
But thou, look to the radiant days that wait
Beyond the driving rain and storm.
I have seen the vision of a happier fate
Brightening thy form.
Confident of His grace, expect His will;
Let Him lead; though hidden be the bourne,
See Him in all that happens; that fulfil
For which thou wert born.
Read Online: https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/to-r (https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/to-r)
18 Sept 2026
Transiit, Non Periit
Transiit, Non Periit
Not in annihilation lost, nor given
To darkness art thou fled from us and light,
O strong and sentient spirit; no mere heaven
Of ancient joys, no silence eremite
Received thee; but the omnipresent Thought
Of which thou wast a part and earthly hour,
Took back its gift. Into that splendour caught
Thou hast not lost thy special brightness. Power
Remains with thee and the old genial force
Unseen for blinding light, not darkly lurks:
As when a sacred river in its course
Dives into ocean, there its strength abides
Not less because with vastness wed and works
Unnoticed in the grandeur of the tides.
Read Online: https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/transiit-non-periit (https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/transiit-non-periit)
16 Aug 2026
Perfect thy Motion
Perfect thy Motion
Perfect thy motion ever within me,
Master of mind.
Grey of the brain, flash of the lightning,
Brilliant and blind,
These thou linkest, the world to mould,
Writing the thought in a scroll of gold
Violet lined.
Tablet of brain thou hast made for thy writing,
Master divine.
Calmly thou writest or full of thy grandeur
Flushed as with wine.
Then with a laugh thou erasest the scroll,
Bringing another, like waves that roll
And sink supine.
Link: https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/perfect-thy-motion (https://incarnateword.in/cwsa/2/perfect-thy-motion)
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