Savitri - 28

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 28

Our prostrate soil bore the awakening ray. 
Here too the vision and prophetic gleam 
Lit into miracles common meaningless shapes; 
Then the divine afflatus, spent, withdrew, 
Unwanted, fading from the mortal's range. 
A sacred yearning lingered in its trace, 
The worship of a Presence and a Power 

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -1, The Symbol Dawn, Page 5

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.