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Studies of the works of Sri Kapali Sastry. All those who aspire to learn the spiritual import of Sastriar are welcome here.

A yogi, poet and scholar of unfathomable depth, Sastriar created works that sculpt an integral yogic pathway for aspirants of Sri Aurobindo's Integral yoga. This page is designed to study, share and bring to light some of the gems from Sastriar.

All quoted material here is from the Collected works of T.V.Kapali Sastry, edited by Sri.M.P.Pandit and published by Dipti Publications, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. The administrators of this page will endeavor to stay as close as possible to original texts in these study circle posts.

The first objective shall be to provide an introduction to the various topics that Sastriar has written upon. Each new area of study will be posted under a separate status update and further related posts shall be posted as comments. Those posts that have comments are identified by the presence of a comments icon at the right hand side bottom.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Four powers of the Mother

The Mother, by Sri Aurobindo is a text that can be studied over an entire lifetime. Sastriar captures the four powers of the Mother in sanskrit verse in precise form, yet distills the very essence of the four powers of the Mother in those few lines.

Four Powers of the Mother

बुद्धिरुच्छविशालभूर्
बलमुद्भटम् विजयोन्नतं
विश्वसुन्दरसंमदा
ह्रुदयअङ्गमा रसवाहिनी |

सर्वतन्त्रविचकक्षणा
सकलार्थसिद्धिकलात्मिका
देवतात्मचतुष्टायी
भुवनाधिरज्यविलासिनी ||

Wisdom issued out of the lofty Vast,
Mighty Strength holding aloft in Victory,
Delight of cosmic Beauty,
captivating the heart, aflow with the sap of life.

Skill in all arts and
finding successful accomplishment in all things -
in these, her four divine forms,
the Mother is the Empress of the world.

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