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ARTICLE : Prayer to Durga by Sri Aurobindo
This is an inspiring Prayer to Durga by Sri Aurobindo, invoking Her
to come down and uplift India.
HYMN TO DURGA
- Sri Aurobindo
MOTHER DURGA! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength, Mother,
beloved of Shiva! We, born from thy parts of Power, we the youth of
India, are seated here in thy temple. Listen, O Mother, descend upon
earth, make thyself manifest in this land of India.
MOTHER DURGA! From age to age, in life after life, we come down
into the human body, do thy work and return to the Home of Delight. Now
too we are born, dedicated to thy work. Listen, O Mother, descend
upon earth, come to our help.
MOTHER DURGA! Rider on the lion, trident in hand, thy body
of beauty armour-clad, Mother, giver of victory. India awaits thee, eager
to see the gracious form of thine. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth,
make thyself manifest in this land of India.
MOTHER DURGA! Giver of force and love and knowledge,
terrible art thou in thy own self of might, Mother beautiful and fierce.
In the battle of life, in India’s battle, we are warriors commissioned by
thee; Mother, give to our heart and mind a titan’s strength, a titan’s
energy, to our soul and intelligence a god’s character and knowledge.
MOTHER DURGA! India, world’s noblest race, lay whelmed
in darkness. Mother, thou risest on the eastern horizon, the dawn
comes with the glow of thy divine limbs scattering the darkness.
Spread thy light, Mother, destroy the darkness.
MOTHER DURGA! We are thy children, through thy grace,
by thy influence may we become fit for the great work, for the great
Ideal. Mother, destroy our smallness, our selfishness, our fear.
MOTHER DURGA! Thou art Kali, naked, garlanded with
human heads, sword in hand, thou slayest the Asura. Goddess, do thou
slay with thy pitiless cry the enemies who dwell within us, may none
remain alive there, not one. May we become pure and spotless, this
is our prayer. O Mother, make thyself manifest.
MOTHER DURGA! India lies now in selfishness and fearfulness
and littleness. Make us great, make our efforts great, our hearts vast,
make us true to our resolve. May we no longer desire the small, void of
energy, given to laziness, stricken with fear.
MOTHER DURGA! Extend wide the power of Yoga. We are
thy Aryan children, develop in us again the lost teaching, character,
strength of intelligence, faith and devotion, force of austerity, power
of chastity and true knowledge, bestow all that upon the world.
To help mankind, appear, O Mother of the world, dispel all ills.
MOTHER DURGA! Slay the enemy within, then root out
all obstacles outside. May the noble heroic mighty Indian race,
supreme in love and unity, truth and strength, arts and letters,
force and knowledge ever dwell in its holy woodlands, its
fertile fields under its sky-scraping hills, along the banks of its
pure-streaming rivers. This is our prayer at the feet of the Mother.
make thyself manifest.
MOTHER DURGA! Enter our bodies in thy Yogic strength.
We shall become thy instruments, thy sword slaying all evil, thy
lamp dispelling all ignorance. Fulfil this yearning of thy young children,
O Mother. Be the master and drive the instrument, wield thy sword
and slay the evil, hold up the lamp and spread the light of knowledge.
Make thyself manifest.
MOTHER DURGA! When we possess thee, we shall no
longer cast thee away; we shall bind thee to us with the tie of love
and devotion. Come, Mother, manifest in our mind and life and
body.
Come, Revealer of the hero-path. We shall no longer cast
thee away. May our entire life become a ceaseless worship of the
Mother, all our acts a continuous service to the Mother, full of
love, full of energy. This is our prayer, O Mother, descend upon earth,
make thyself manifest in this land of India.
Sri Aurobindo
(Translated from Bengali)
