(Swami Vivekananda composed this poem in Bengali during his return from his second trip to the West. At the time of writing it, he was probably crossing the eastern Mediterranean.) In …
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The Hymn of Creation – Swami Vivekananda
(A translation of the Nâsadiya-Sukta, Rig-Veda, X. 129.) Existence was not then, nor non-existence,The world was not, the sky beyond was neither.What covered the mist? Of whom was that?What …
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A Benediction – Swami Vivekananda
(Written to Sister Nivedita) The mother's heart, the hero's will,The sweetness of the southern breeze,The sacred charm and strength that dwellOn Aryan altars, flaming, free;All these be yours, and …
The Cup – Swami Vivekananda
This is your cup — the cup assigned to you from the beginning.Nay, My child, I know how …
My Play is Done – Swami Vivekananda
(Written in the Spring of 1895 in New York) Ever rising, ever falling with the waves of time, still rolling on I goFrom fleeting …
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The Story of the Boy Gopala – Swami Vivekananda
"O mother! I am so afraid to go to school through the woods alone; other boys have servants or somebody to bring them to school or take them home — why cannot I have someone to bring me home?" — thus …
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