{"id":544,"date":"2013-07-13T01:28:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=544"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:46","slug":"41-from-bengali-hymn-to-durga-vol-08-translations-volume-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/08-translations-volume-08\/41-from-bengali-hymn-to-durga-vol-08-translations-volume-08","title":{"rendered":"-41_From Bengali – Hymn to Durga.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nII<\/span><\/p>\n


\nFROM BENGALI<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Hymn to Durga<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nM<\/b>other Durga! Rider on the lion, giver of all strength, Mother, beloved of
\nSiva! We, born from thy parts of Power, we the youth of India, are seated here
\nin thy temple. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in
\nthis land of India.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! From age to age, in life after life, we come down into the human
\nbody, do thy work and return to the Home of Delight. Now too we are born,
\ndedicated to thy work. Listen, O Mother, descend upon earth, come to our help.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! Rider on the lion, trident in hand, thy body of beauty
\narmour-clad, Mother, giver of victory, India awaits thee, eager to see the
\ngracious form of thine. Listen, O Mother, descend uppon earth, make thyself
\nmanifest<\/font><\/span> <\/b>in this land of India.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! Giver of force and love and knowledge terrible art thou in thy own
\nself of might, Mother beautiful and fierce. In the battle of life, in India’s
\nbattle, we are warriors commissioned by thee; Mother give to our heart and mind,
\na titan’s strength, a titan’s energy, to our soul and intelligence a god’s
\ncharacter and knowledge.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! India, world’s noblest race, lay whelmed in darkness, Mother, thou
\nrises on the eastern horizon, the dawn comes with the glow of thy divine limbs
\nscattering the darkness. Spread thy light, Mother, destroy the darkness.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! We are thy children, through thy grace, by thy influence may we
\nbecome fit for the great work, for the great Ideal. Mother, destroy our
\nsmallness, our selfishness, our fear.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMother Durga! Thou art Kali, naked, garlanded with human heads, sword in hand,
\nthou slayest the Asura. Goddess, do thou slay with thy pitiless cry the enemies
\nwho dwell within us, may none remain alive there, not one. May we become pure
\nand spotless, this is our prayer, O Mother, make thyself manifest<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mother Durga! India lies low
\nin selfish ness and fearfulness and littleness. Make us great, make our efforts
\ngreat, our hearts vast, make us true to our resolve. May we no longer desire the
\nsmall, void of energy, given to laziness, stricken with fear.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n     
\nMother Durga! Extend wide the power of Yoga. We are thy Aryan children, develop
\nin us again the lost teaching, character, strength of intelligence, faith and
\ndevotion, force of austerity, power of chastity and true knowledge, bestow all
\nthat upon the world. To help mankind, appear, O Mother of the world, dispel all
\nills.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

     
\nMother Durga! Slay the enemy within, then root out all obstacles outside. May
\nthe noble heroic mighty Indian race, supreme in love and unity, truth and
\nstrength, arts and letters, force and knowledge ever dwell in its holy
\nwoodlands, its fertile fields, under its sky-scraping hills, along the banks of
\nits pure-streaming rivers. This is our prayer at the feet of the Mother. Make
\nthyself manifest.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

     
\nMother Durga! Enter our bodies in thy Yogic strength. We shall become thy
\ninstruments, thy sword slaying all evil, thy lamp dispelling all ignorance.
\nFulfil this yearning of thy young children, O Mother. Be the master and drive
\nthy instrument, wield thy sword and slay the evil, hold up the lamp and spread
\nthe light of knowledge. Make thyself manifest.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

       
\nMother Durga! When we possess thee, we shall no longer cast thee away; we shall
\nbind thee to us with the tie of love and devotion. Come, Mother, manifest
\nthyself in our mind and life and body.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

       
\nCome, Revealer of the hero-path. We shall no longer cast thee away. May our
\nentire life become a ceaseless worship of the Mother, all our acts a continuous
\nservice to the Mother, full of love, full of energy. This is our prayer, O
\nMother, descend upon earth, make thyself manifest in this land of India.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTE; Translated by
\nSri Aurobindo from his own original in Bengali<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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