Savitri - 75

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 75

Inhabited with rich creative beats 
A body like a parable of dawn 
That seemed a niche for veiled divinity 
Or golden temple-door to things beyond. 
Immortal rhythms swayed in her time-born steps; 
Her look, her smile awoke celestial sense 
Even in earth-stuff, and their intense delight  

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -II, The Issue, Page 15

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.