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Let us consider the elements of formulaic diction in this poem. Initially, Sri Chinmoy establishes the image of the pilgrims journeying towards Infinity, or God in His transcendental aspect. The pilgrims belong to their Lord Supreme and He is their Guide homewards. As the poem progresses, the poet multiplies these images of journeying. The Lord Supreme is transformed into a Boat that will carry the seekers to the Dawn; He is a Pilot coordinating an harmonious universe; He is a Liberator who will set the pilgrims free into the Unknown; and it is by Him that the Land of Immortality is finally won and the finite is reunited with the Infinite. In truth, the pilgrims have returned to where the poem began for, having passed through death, they must start nature's game anew, must separate themselves for a while from that infinite expanse of Light and become as drops and flames, emissaries from the Source. The nexus of the poem is the image of a journey in which God is at once the Goal and the Leader.
