Blessed are those

Sadhak who progressed most in a year (Dyumanbhai)

Extracts from the article by Krishna Chakravarti

published in Sabda

Dyuman "The Luminous" - Karmayogi

The Strength of Dyuman's character is his essential straightness of aim, fidelity to the highest he sees and intensity of will to receive the light and serve the Truth.

-Sri Aurobindo, 10-04-1934

"If Dyuman and a few others had not made themselves the instruments of the Mother and helped her to reorganize the whole material side of the ashram, the Ashram would have collapsed long ago under the weight of mismanagement, waste, self-indulgence, disorder, chaotic self-will and disobedience. He and they faced unpopularity and hatred in order to help Her to save it."

- Sri Aurobindo

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Work, work and work will be my motto, Ceaselessly to work, work for all time. It has no night, no day. To go beyond the time and there to work.

Speech less, advice less, preaching of the sermons less-but to work and to act and to live upto the highest idea. My dear Mother, all love to you.

- Dyuman's prayer to the Mother, 4-12-1949

Amal Kiran on Dyumanbhai

The Mother used to have meetings with some of the disciples in 1928 in the "Prosperity" Room in the Library House. Both Dyuman and I belonged to that group.

Once the Mother raised the question: "Who among you has progressed the most during the past year? "

The answer would not mean which sadhak or sadhika was the most advanced in general. It would declare which one had

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taken the most marked step forward during the preceding twelve months.

While recollecting this question, I turned to Dyuman and asked whether it had struck in his memory too. He said "Yes." Then I asked him whether he recalled the answer. He looked at me but kept quiet. I smiled and said: "We thought of Nolini, Amrita, Champaklal, Pavitra and Anilbaran, all old timers. But the Mother named you." Dyuman's face beamed and he exclaimed: "So you remember this?"

I replied: "Who could forget so great a compliment?"

Courtesy : Sabda Publications June, 2003

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