Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1

Letter ID: 351

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

March 30, 1933

I trust that the rafale [gust] is practically over and we can now have the sunlight or at least some sunlight on the scene. As for the disproportion between cause and effect, that is part of the mathematics of this astonishing universe. You kick a little harmless stone and a mountain descends on your head in answer – although you never thought you were inviting such an avalanche. You have either to learn how to duck a descending mountain – which is not safe or easy,– or be careful about kicking stones. This of course is only a parable.

I am glad to see that your metrical gambols with Tagore (pulling his solemn throne of reputation as a prosodist from under him) has not come in the way of his expressing his appreciation of your poetry.

I have only had just time to read the first stanza of your poem but I see it is in your finest manner.