August 15th, 1945

Editor's note

The original Bengali poem presented in this volume was written by Chinmoy in Pondicherry, India, on August 14th, 1945 — the day before Sri Aurobindo's Birth Day. Chinmoy was then thirteen years old.

The poem became a song in New York on July 8th, 1995 — fifty years later. It is the longest song of all Sri Chinmoy's musical compositions.

Sri Chinmoy began translating this Bengali song into English on June 9th, 1996. He completed the translation on August 4th so that it might be released on August 15th.

1.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

2.

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Bhakati janaye tushibo tahare

Amara tarun dal

Nishchita jani chalar pathere

Kare dibo jhalamal

O Lord Absolute,

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Shall satisfy You with our

Oneness-devotion-breath-hearts.

We embody certainty's life

To surprisingly illumine

Our journey's birthless

And deathless course. ```

3.

```

Sagar parer bijoy mukut

Jatan kariya ani

Tar padatale sahas anane

Rakhibo se mani khani

Lovingly, prayerfully and soulfully

We shall bring the Victory-Crown

From the Consciousness-Ocean-Beyond

And, with a brightness-splendour-smile,

Place it at Your Feet

With our softness-heart-care. ```

4.

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Durbal boka ar chanchal

Kabhu mora nahi habo

Jibaner majhe kaj kare jabo

Shato shato naba naba

A poltroon-body, a dunce-mind,

A restlessness-vital

We never shall be.

We shall ever be found

In the newness-vortex

Of activities multifarious. ```

5.

```

Tahar shakashe nai amader

Kono dukh laj khoy

Kakhano amara shudhu tare chhara

Karibona kare bhoy

No sorrow, no diffidence,

No loss can torture us

Before Your blessingful, august Presence.

To none save You

Shall we offer our fear-surrender.

```

6.

```

Maner majhare tahar asan

Kothai patite pari

Tari tare chalo bhabi dibanishi

Chhele khela sab chhari

You to invoke

And place inside

Our mind's seraglio-cave,

Let us sleeplessly

Occupy our mind, shunning

All our childish games and pranks. ```

7.

```

Tar jaya gan ek sathe mile

Gahibo amara sabe

Tahare na pele kono labh nai

Moder thakiya bhabe

Together, in oneness-heart,

Your Victory we all shall proclaim.

You if we fail to receive and achieve,

Our earth-life will helplessly betray

Its utter worthlessness and uselessness.

```

8.

```

Je pathe moder guru chalechen

Sei path anusari

Chalibo amara e tarun dal

Tar jaya gan kari

Singing our Master's Victory-Song,

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Shall walk along Eternity's Road

Blazed by His Divinity's Radiance-Feet. ```

9.

```

Kusumer mato phutiya thakibo

Bitari madhur gandha

Nirbak haye dekhibe sakale

Moder chalar chhanda

Like fully blossomed flowers,

We shall distribute

Our sweet redolence-fragrance.

Speechless, the whole world will watch

Our journey's progress-march.

```

10.

```

Swadeshe bideshe jabo mora tar

Bahiya nutan bani

Nijere janiya kakhano amara

Haibona keha mani

Your new Message we shall carry

To all climes, near and far.

We shall be self-discoverers;

Pride-victims we never shall be. ```

11.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

12.

```

Ogo sumahan moder sabare

Ei karo barabhoy

Jate chirakal moder paran

Tomar smarane roy

O Summit-Soul supreme,

Your Compassion-Light we invoke

To keep our hearts

Eternally at Your Feet. ```

13.

```

Choto kiba baro sabar majhare

Jahar asan raje

Jar jaya dhwani niyata dhwaniche

Nandana bana majhe

In all,

The lower than the lowest

And the higher than the highest,

You abide.

Sleeplessly Your Victory-Song

Resonates in the heart of Eden. ```

14.

```

Keu choto noi saman sabai

Jei bidhatar kache

Kato guni gyani dhani nirdhan

Jar ashraye ache

You are a perfect stranger

To superiority-inferiority-twins.

You are at once the chosen Haven

Of both penury and prosperity-possessors. ```

15.

```

Sabar upare saman karuna

Madhur jahar sneha

Karuna jahar kalpana ajo

Karite parena keha

You are Your Life's Sweetness-Affection

To all souls that breathe on earth.

None can dare fathom

Your Compassion-Heart-Ocean. ```

16.

```

Sei sumahane sampite jiban

Chalibo amara chhute

Samukhe moder jato badha ache

Sakali ajike tute

To offer You our raison d'être,

We are speeding towards

Your Infinity's Height,

Smashing asunder today

All the bondage-shackles

That will cross our path. ```

17.

```

Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

18.

```

Tar karunar madhu sandesh

Charaye jahate pare

Karibo cheshta prana pane sabe

Amara tahari tare

To spread Your Compassion-flooded

Life-Transformation-Message-Light

Here on earth,

We shall offer our all,

Our very last breath.

```

19.

```

Jadi nahi pai e chalar pathe

Nitya nutan bal

Tabu dhan jash man kichu nahi chai

Amara tarun dal

Even if we fail to muster

A new supply of strength

At each hush-gap,

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Shall not permit ourselves

To be name-fame-beggars. ```

20.

```

Khaniker tare abasar pele

Tar jaya gan kare

Urabo tahar bijoy nishan

Himadri shiro pare

While enjoying a short respite,

We shall sing Your Victory-Songs

And fly Your Victory-Banner

Upon the Himaloy-pinnacle. ```

21.

```

Ekada amara e tarun dal

Shudhu snehashish bale

Parichita habo bishwer majhe

Bijayi senani bale

A day shall dawn

When we, the ever-blossoming souls,

Only by virtue of

Your Compassion-Blessings,

Shall proclaim our world-conquest

To the four corners of the globe. ```

22.

```

Ei tuku jar sampad nai

Artha jahar bhritya

Manase noder sei narayan

Biraj kariche nitya

No iota of wealth You own;

Yet, all El Dorados at Your Feet.

O Lord Supreme,

Indweller of our hearts,

Your boundless Bounty

Permits You not to escape

Our stark mind-confines.

```

23.

```

Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

24.

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Amader sathi hate jadi chaho

Karogo bisarjan

Moder matan tomar sakali

Ache jato man dhan

If any bosom pines

To be our compatriot,

Then presto!

Renounce your all,

Your world-pleasure-plethora.

```

25.

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Sangsar maya tomare chariya

Jaibe jakhan chale

Sadare takhan tomare amara

Nibo amader dale

When all world-attachments leave you,

We shall welcome you

To join our group

With ever-widening open arms. ```

26.

```

Dhani o garib gyani agyan

Ache bhabe lok jato

Tader majhare dekhibo debata

Moder gurur mato

The rich and the poor,

The wise and the ignorant —

All those who inhabit the world —

In each and every human being

We shall see the living Presence of God,

Like our Master-Guru. ```

27.

```

Jadi mora sabe kabhu konodin

Haye jai abhimani

Kripa sampad jaibe chaliya

Nishchita mora jani

If ever we become pride-victims,

We know for certain

That Your infinite Compassion-Treasure

Will desert us. ```

28.

```

Jate amader chirakal thake

Nitya nutan bal

Tari tare chalo sajatane chali

Amara tarun dal

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Must be extremely careful

In preserving

Our newness-strength indomitable. ```

29.

```

Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

30.

```

Sadhu sajjan ek sathe mile

Aradhana jar kare

Bhaktera shudhu bhabiteche base

Jahare pabar tare

He whom the holy saints

And honesty-flooded souls

In perfect amity worship,

And the single-minded devotees

Invoke to claim as their own.

```

31.

```

Sei sumahan labheche janam

Banga matar buke

Sukhi habo mora tahariy sukhe

Dukhi habo tar dukhe

He has taken human form

In the heart of Mother Bengal.

In His happiness

Our hearts must rejoice.

In His sadness

Our hearts must suffer. ```

32.

```

Sahas anane diye sakalere

Nitya nutan bal

Jyotir jyotite dubiya jaibo

Amara tarun dal

To each and every soul,

Smiling we shall offer

Our hearts' newness-strength.

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Shall dive deep

Into the Heart of Infinity's Light. ```

33.

```

He prabhu moder kripa kare aji

Ei karo barabhoy

Tomar charane bhakati moder

Chirakal jeno roy

O Lord Absolute,

Today do inundate our earth-existence

With Your Compassion-Flood.

May our devotion-adoration

Ever be found

At Your Feet Supreme. ```

34.

```

Ogo sumahan ogo sundar

Janai moder nati

Tomar sebai niyojito haye

Jeno bhuli labh khati

O Transcendental Height,

O Beauty Unfathomable,

To You we bow.

May we be totally oblivious

To our earthly gains and losses

In committing ourselves

To Your Service-Light.

```

35.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

36.

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Jyotir jyotite dubiya rayecho

Haiya apana hara

Taba pada tale shanti peteche

Kato je bandha kara

O Lord of the ever-transcending Beyond,

You are discovered Self-amorous

In Your birthless and deathless Light.

At Your Feet

All utterly lost human souls

Have found their Peace-Haven. ```

37.

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Bhishma dadhichi arjun drona

Bhim abhi chilo bir

Niyata jahara chalito shunechi

Unnata kare shir

Vishma, Dadichi, Arjuna, Drona,

Bhima, Abhimanyu

Were all indomitable hero-souls

Who walked Mother Earth

With their loftiest tower-majesty-heads.

```

38.

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Amader kache rahiyache jei

Tomar ashish bal

Sei bale habo tahader mato

Amara tarun dal

You have inundated us

With Your Blessings infinite.

By virtue of Your Blessings,

We, the ever-blossoming souls,

Shall equal those immortal souls

And run abreast with them. ```

39.

```

Chetana jahar akashe batase

Himadri shiro pare

Sagarer jale guhar andhare

Miliya nritya kare

O Lord, Your Consciousness

Pervades the sky

And the Himaloy-pinnacle-heights.

In darkness-caves

And in ocean-expanse

It sings and dances

In perfect oneness.

```

40.

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Jar joy ghoshe jogi muni rishi

Niyata prabhate sanjhe

Sei sumahan rahiyache ei

Pondicherir majhe

O Lord Absolute,

Pondicherry-Dweller,

The saints, sages and yogis

Every morn and every eve

Proclaim Your Victory

From all four corners of the globe. ```

41.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

42.

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Amadere jadi keha kabhu bale

Kono apriya katha

Pratidane jena nahi diy mora

Tader marame byetha

If ever others speak ill of us,

We shall never hurt their hearts

In return.

```

43.

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Sakaler prane nara narayan

Achen niyata jani

Heri sei murati manusher prane

Kemane aghat hani

Knowing perfectly well

That the Absolute Lord Supreme abides,

In His living Presence, in all,

How can we ever torture

Any human life?

```

44.

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Je bayu bahiche moder parane

Jibani shakti haye

Se bayu bahiche sakal parane

Jeteche sakali saye

The way the Life-Force

Of our breath

Resides in us

Exactly the same way

The Life-Force abides in all,

And accepts and endures

Each and every human being.

```

45.

```

Jiber srashta brahmare jini

Karen srijan age

Bhakti arghya rakhitechi mora

Se deber purobhage

You are the Source

Of Brahma the Creator.

Before You we place

Our supplication, devotion

And adoration-surrender.

```

46.

```

Din upachar kono bhoy nai

Tini je moder pita

Anather nath nayaner jyoti

Tini je moder mita

No iota of fear have we

While offering You

Our wee, puny and paltry gifts,

For we know

You are the Compassion-Lord

Of our motherless, fatherless, helpless life.

You are the Vision-Light

Of the whole universe.

You are our Eternity's only Friend.

```

47.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

48.

```

Sindhu salile shishirer sama

Tuchha sebar dan

Sadare grahan kariye rakhiyo

Tabu je moder man

Like the most insignificant service

Rendered by the morning dew

To the ocean-surface,

We know our service to You

Is equally and unmistakably

Most insignificant.

Notwithstanding, lovingly

You accept our service-flames

To bless us

With Your bountiful Pride. ```

49.

```

Anal anile anute renute

Nehari tomar chabi

Taba dhyana rup ogo aparup

Enkeche kato je kabi

In fire and water,

In dust and atoms,

Seeing You, Your Meditation-Trance,

Many poets have depicted

Your immortal Beauty.

```

50.

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Anusari sei mahajan path

Lekhani niyechi hate

Ganthibo baliya ei kathahar

Ajike madhura prate

They are our pioneers.

We are walking along the same road

To reach Your hallowed Feet.

This beautiful morning

We are weaving the garland

Of our heart's message,

Prayerful and soulful:

```

51.

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Jaya jaya jaya Sri Aurobindo

Jagat gurur joy

E mantra japi haibo amara

Puta chira madhumoy

"Victory, victory, victory

To Sri Aurobindo,

The Guru Supreme of the Universe!"

Sleeplessly and breathlessly

Repeating this incantation,

We shall become

Eternity's sweetness-purity-breath.

```

52.

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Tomar bijoy pratishtha tare

Ogo nara narayan

Charane tomar jiban moder

Karinu samarpan

O Lord Supreme,

You have donned

An earthly cloak.

We place at Your Feet

Our surrender unconditional

For Your unhorizoned Manifestation

Here on earth.

```

53.

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Refrain

Dyulok chariye nara narayan

Sparshila aji dhuli

Tar jaya gan chalo mora kari

Sakala karma bhuli

God in human form

Descends from Heaven today

To touch and feel

The breath of earth-dust.

Comrades, His Victory

Let us proclaim, casting aside

All our world-responsibility-obligations.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,August 15th, 1945, Manifestation Glow, 1996
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/a15