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Sri Chinmoy's duplication of epithets and proper names adds a distinct elegance of style to this poem. As it proceeds, it gathers tremendous incantatory resonance which rises to a pitch during the closing lines:

We shall return:
We, the drops and flames
    Of Transformation-Light.

These lines seem to announce rather than prefigure the attainment of the pilgrims. They are commemorative statements, statements which strengthen and replenish the inner conviction of the seekers. They are the celebration of their life and their life purpose.

From this poem, it is clear that many instances of praise for God double as reminders of God's task or function. There is, in effect, no strict line of demarcation between the two, for to refer to God as the "World-Pilot," for example, is to adore Him and to specify His role at the same time. Sri Chinmoy's gift for compounding nouns enables him to assimilate a number of images into the poem without necessarily embarking on a long string of descriptive phrases.

To cite a further example, the following poem places before us a myriad of images and yet, because of its brilliant economy of expression it leaves us with an overriding impression of action and not abstraction:

TO SERVE MY MAKER-LORD

    To serve my Maker-Lord
I saw the light of day,
    To love my Beloved Friend
I began our oneness-play.[18]