Page 16 - Sri Aurobindo on Sri Krishna

SRI KRISHNA IN BRINDAVAN
SRI KRISHNA IN BRINDAVAN

(contd. from previous page)
(contd. from previous page)

It seems to me that it is related as something that actually
It seems to me that it is related as something that actually

occurred or occurs somewhere; the Gopis are to them realities
occurred or occurs somewhere; the Gopis are to them realities

and not symbols. It was for them at the least an occult truth,
and not symbols. It was for them at the least an occult truth,

and occult and symbolic are not the same thing; the symbol
and occult and symbolic are not the same thing; the symbol

may be only a significant mental construction or only a
may be only a significant mental construction or only a

fanciful invention, but the occult is a reality which is actual
fanciful invention, but the occult is a reality which is actual

somewhere, behind the material scene as it were and can have
somewhere, behind the material scene as it were and can have

its truth for the terrestrial life and its influence upon it, may
its truth for the terrestrial life and its influence upon it, may

even embody itself there.
even embody itself there.

(CWSA, 28: 483)