He bodied forth this rapture luminous

'SRI AUROBINDO'

Maya could never bind him, for he came

Armed with a white omnipotence of soul.

What crown could dazzle, when he wore the flame

Of God's eternity as aureole?

Unvisioned Master of miraculous

Impenetrable light beyond decay,

He bodied forth this rapture luminous

To rouse the dead divinity of clay.

Nought shall oppose his fire, the golden heat

Of his transforming mercy - grace sublime

That from each heart at his heroic feet

Burns with a benison the murk of time.
(Amal kiran, 1934)