Poetry Collection
Verses on spirit, silence & the infinite
On History and Historians
History as a field of study is primarily a retelling in an another time & place of events, contexts,
Preludes to Yoga — To See
We begin with the Isha Upanishad.
Preludes to Yoga — Will to Begin
One often wonders what set us on this path. What recklessness, what impulse to adventure unmoored us
The Four Propensities
The resemblance of this scheme to the much maligned Chaturvarna is no accident. Ancient civilisation
Traditional Vedic School — An Appeal
Veda Paatshaala is how a traditional Vedic School is called. These were usually Temple driven instit
Mystic-Lullaby
To the frayed heart of mortality
I, Garuda
Garuda — Who was I? Before, much before I beheld my mother’s eyes, near the bosom that yielded me..b
Murmurs of Aspiration — 5
Aspirant - Divine irony my Beloved LordTo crown me king over empires that matter notAnd insist tyra
Murmurs of Aspiration — 4
This vile wine taints.
Soliloquies in Yoga — 3
Aspirant - What am I? A mere vagrant upon the seas of space and time. An eddy of karma that will be
His Coronation
I stood there amidst the river of humanity who passed through the palace. Smells from many lands cro
Soliloquies in Yoga — 2
How very often upon the fragile beings of men are thrust the persistent demands of aspiration. How v
Murmurs of Aspiration — 3
Ask not pale monotonous virtueDemand giant labour and anguish.Toils I shall offerThat shouldst wreck
Soliloquies in Yoga — 1
Voices - But what is thy endurance to the Gods? Away as they are from the crucible of our lives, the
Murmurs of Aspiration — 1
For Thou hast denied, shall I succumb?Of what price is virtue if Thou leavest?Is vice Thy instrument
Murmurs of Aspiration — 2
Sri Krishna - I shall mar thy clear skies of hopeWith the ominous clouds of denial.And of thy sinew
The Secret Supreme
A horrid stream leapt from darkness’ abodeA grim reminder of prevailing hopelessnessIt was a revolt
On Surrender
--- ### On Surrender The favoured ones are invariably stretched to the edge of their possibilities. If one has aspiration and if one goes through...
Sri Aurobindo On Renunciation
--- ### Sri Aurobindo On Renunciation There are things which were beneficial, helpful, which seemed perhaps at one time the one thing desirable, ...
Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga
### Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga *I become what I see in myself. All that thought suggests to me, I can do; all that thought reveals in me, I ca...
To Agni, Our Sleepless Fire
A sleepless Fire is born, burning the fabric of ignorance.