Savitri - 31

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 31

Drew back into some far-off secret world 
The hue and marvel of the supernal beam: 
She looked no more on our mortality. 
The excess of beauty natural to god-kind 
Could not uphold its claim on time-born eyes; 
Too mystic-real for space-tenancy 
Her body of glory was expunged from heaven: 
The rarity and wonder lived no more.

- 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.