Saturday, 16 November 2019

English Literature- Thought The Paraclete - Aurobindo - Annotations


3RD BA Special English – Indian English – 5th Semester – Annotations
Thought The Paraclete – Sri Aurobindo
Annotation Lines:
1.       Flew my thought in self-lost in the vasts of God.

Introduction:
The above lines are extracted from the poem “Thought the Parclete” written by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is one of the greatest poets of Indo-Anglian literature in the Pre-Independence period. He was a great freedom fighter, revolutionary, poet and a Yogi. His poetry reflects his mystic experience through Yoga and meditation.

Context: Sri Aurobindo compares human thought or human mind to Paraclete, a long tailed bird. Like a bird, the thought also flies through different domains. The thought outgrows its natural limitations. It moves from the normal intellectual plane and sweeps across the illumined, intuitive and overmental regions. Finally the thought disappears bound for the ultimate.

Meaning: The poet describes the beginning of the journey of the thought in the first stanza. Like a bright archangel, the thought flies through the lands, skies and reaches the vast spaces created by God.

Comment: The movement of the thought or mind as described by the poet shows us the evolution of human mind. From ordinary mundane level, the thought grows and finally reaches the God and becomes one with Him.


2.       ……. The face
Lustred, pale blue lined of the hippogriff
Eremite, sole, daring the bourneless ways

Introduction:
The above lines are extracted from the poem “Thought the Parclete” written by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is one of the greatest poets of Indo-Anglian literature in the Pre-Independence period. He was a great freedom fighter, revolutionary, poet and a Yogi. His poetry reflects his mystic experience through Yoga and meditation.

Context: Sri Aurobindo compares human thought or human mind to Paraclete, a long tailed bird. Like a bird, the thought also flies through different domains. The thought outgrows its natural limitations. It moves from the normal intellectual plane and sweeps across the illumined, intuitive and overmental regions. Finally the thought disappears bound for the ultimate.

Meaning: The poet compares thought or mind to a fast flying bird, a Paraclete. The bird (thought) with its glowing face, vigour of a horse, calmness of a hermit, goes alone challenging the limitless ways.

Comment: The movement of the thought or mind as described by the poet shows us the evolution of human mind. From ordinary mundane level, the thought grows and finally reaches the God and becomes one with Him.

3.       ……. Sun-realms of supernal seeing
Crimson-white mooned oceans of pauseless bliss
Drew its vague heart-yearning with voices sweet

Introduction:
The above lines are extracted from the poem “Thought the Parclete” written by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is one of the greatest poets of Indo-Anglian literature in the Pre-Independence period. He was a great freedom fighter, revolutionary, poet and a Yogi. His poetry reflects his mystic experience through Yoga and meditation.

Context: Sri Aurobindo compares human thought or human mind to Paraclete, a long tailed bird. Like a bird, the thought also flies through different domains. The thought outgrows its natural limitations. It moves from the normal intellectual plane and sweeps across the illumined, intuitive and overmental regions. Finally the thought disappears bound for the ultimate.

Meaning: The poet describes the movement of the thought in these lines. The thought is moving through the upper space of Sun as well as the moon. Its heart is desiring for bliss of the God.

Comment: The movement of the thought or mind as described by the poet shows us the evolution of human mind. From ordinary mundane level, the thought grows and finally reaches the God and becomes one with Him.

4.       Climbing high for ethers eternal-sunned,
Thought the great-winged wanderer paraclete
Disappeared, slow-singing a flame-word rune

Introduction:
The above lines are extracted from the poem “Thought the Parclete” written by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is one of the greatest poets of Indo-Anglian literature in the Pre-Independence period. He was a great freedom fighter, revolutionary, poet and a Yogi. His poetry reflects his mystic experience through Yoga and meditation.

Context: Sri Aurobindo compares human thought or human mind to Paraclete, a long tailed bird. Like a bird, the thought also flies through different domains. The thought outgrows its natural limitations. It moves from the normal intellectual plane and sweeps across the illumined, intuitive and overmental regions. Finally the thought disappears bound for the ultimate.

Meaning: The poet describes the movement of the thought in these lines. The thought is moving through the upper space of ether. The winged wanderer, the thought, the Paraclete suddenly disappears singing some ancient words.

Comment: The movement of the thought or mind as described by the poet shows us the evolution of human mind. From ordinary mundane level, the thought grows and finally reaches the God and becomes one with Him.

5.       Self was left, lone, limitless, nude, immune.

Introduction:
The above lines are extracted from the poem “Thought the Parclete” written by Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh is one of the greatest poets of Indo-Anglian literature in the Pre-Independence period. He was a great freedom fighter, revolutionary, poet and a Yogi. His poetry reflects his mystic experience through Yoga and meditation.

Context: Sri Aurobindo compares human thought or human mind to Paraclete, a long tailed bird. Like a bird, the thought also flies through different domains. The thought outgrows its natural limitations. It moves from the normal intellectual plane and sweeps across the illumined, intuitive and overmental regions. Finally the thought disappears bound for the ultimate.

Meaning: The poet describes the movement of the thought in these lines. After moving through different regions, the thought finally reaches the highest space. There it loses its identity, becomes lonely, becomes limitless, becomes immune, and finally merges with God.

Comment: The movement of the thought or mind as described by the poet shows us the evolution of human mind. From ordinary mundane level, the thought grows and finally reaches the God and becomes one with Him.

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