This long narrative poem by Sri Aurobindo is based on the story of King Pururavas and the heavenly nymph Urvasie. Written in Baroda (circa 1898-1902). This tale has been earlier immortalised by Kalidasa in his poem “Vikramorvasie or The Hero and the Nymph”, which has also been translated by Sri Aurobindo.
Today’s talk is based on Sri Aurobindo’s poem “Invitation”, which was published in Sri Aurobindo’s weekly newspaper Karmayogin on 6 November 1909, under the...
Complete Absorption in God in ‘The Meditations of Mandavya’
This talk is centred around one of the major experiences of Sri Aurobindo with Lele Maharaj in Baroda. Today’s poems include Adwaita, Parabrahman, Nirvana...