On December 31, 1934, Sri Aurobindo wrote to his secretary that the just-typed “Rose of God” could be “circulated first as a sort of New Year invocation”.
"It is no longer towards division and difference that we should turn our minds, but on unity, union, even oneness necessary for the pursuit and realisation of a common ideal, the destined goal, the fulfilment towards which Nature in her beginning obscurely set out and must in an increasing light of knowledge replacing her first ignorance constantly persevere."
"I am the lord of tempest and mountain,
I am the Spirit of freedom and pride.
Stark must he be and a kinsman to danger
Who shares my kingdom and walks at my side. "
Recitation of Sri Aurobindo's poem "Bride of the Fire", followed by a fragment from The Mother's organ music "Life in Eternity". Recitation by Jhumur Bhattacharya, artwork by Ritam Upadhyay and Barindra Kumar Ghose.
Learn thou first to be the instrument of God and to accept thy Master. The instrument is this outward thing thou callest thyself [...] Accept thyself humbly, yet proudly, devotedly, submissively and joyfully as a divine instrument. There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master.
A video clip with words of the Mother and Sri Aurobindo in the voice of Manoj Das Gupta. This audio track was broadcast on the eve of April 24 Darshan in 2020.
Published in Dharma newspaper No. 9 in October, 1909, in Bengali. Recitation by Manoj Das Gupta, music by Sunil Bhattacharya, artwork by Ritam Upadhyay.