Savitri - 25

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 25

The omniscient Goddess leaned across the breadths 
That wrap the fated journeyings of the stars 
And saw the spaces ready for her feet. 
Once she half looked behind for her veiled sun, 
Then, thoughtful, went to her immortal work. 
Earth felt the Imperishable's passage close: 
The waking ear of Nature heard her steps 

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -1, The Symbol Dawn, Page 4

Sri Aurobindo's epic poem, Savitri, is a symbolic myth that responds to a deeply felt need in the contemporary mind. Not only does it represent a world view that is in harmony with the most recent understanding of scientific reality; but, as a symbol, it penetrates to the essential truth of that reality. It concomitantly describes what is involved in the fulfillment of a spiritually individuated life. This is the goal of Jung's myth of consciousness for our time. Not only is Savitri a vision for individual and collective self-fulfillment, but, as a mantra, it has a directly transformative effect on the inner consciousness. Such a magnificent poem calls for intelligent reflection.