Nirodbaran

Talks with Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1

10 December 1938 – 14 January 1941

11 August 1941

Nirodbaran: A says he is very grateful to you for your confirming his experience. He related something about you which he had heard from a friend of his. He went to see this friend who is a Tantrik-cum-astrologer. He had your book The Mother with him. The friend, on seeing the book, folded his hands and touched his forehead with them in the normal Indian manner. A asked the friend why he did so, was it the subject of the book or was it the author? The friend simply said, “Bhagabaner boi” (“God’s book”). Then he became quite solemn and quietly said, “I have got his horoscope”, to which A replied, “That’s interesting, God’s horoscope?” The friend chided him, “Don’t be flippant, I really mean it, I have it.” A realised that the friend was serious and he also becoming so, asked him, “All right, what is your reading?” “In 1947,” answered the friend, “he will become the ekachatra adhipati (unchallenged sovereign of the whole world).”

Sri Aurobindo: 1947? Then I will do things quicker than Hitler! (Turning to Dr. Manilal) What post will you have Manilal?

Dr. Manilal: Nothing, Sir.

Sri Aurobindo: No, you must have something to do.

Dr. Manilal: Sir, I’ll be at your feet, Sir, humbly.

Sri Aurobindo: I’ll make you the Chief of the World Medical Service.