Savitri - 70

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 70

To a first thin strip of simple animal wants, 
And the mighty wildness of the primitive earth 
And the brooding multitude of patient trees 
And the musing sapphire leisure of the sky 
And the solemn weight of the slowly-passing months 
Had left in her deep room for thought and God. 
There was her drama's radiant prologue lived.

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -II, The Issue, Page 14

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.


Thanks,
AuroMere Meditation Center,
Chennai.