Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

11. Visions and Symbols

Fragment ID: 1989

Violet is the colour of the light of Divine Compassion, as also of Krishna’s Grace. It is also the radiance of Krishna’s protection. Blue is his special and significant colour, the colour of his aura when he manifests – that is why he is called nīla kṛṣṇa. The adjective does not mean that he was blue or dark in his physical body.