Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1937
Letter ID: 2017
Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar
August 5, 1937
I don’t know about Ekalavya’s epidermis. Can he be compared to a বনদেব1 without being one? But Gods and Goddesses are supposed to be fair, no?
Who says? Krishna was নীল2, other gods have different colours, red, white, black, yellow and green. If he had নীলোত্পল আঁখি3 what prevents him from being like a বনদেবতা4?
1 vanadev: god of the woods.
2 nīl: blue.
3 nīlotpal ānkhi: blue-lotus eyes.
4 vanadevatā: god of the woods.