Savitri - 32

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 32

There was the common light of earthly day. 
Affranchised from the respite of fatigue 
Once more the rumour of the speed of Life 
Pursued the cycles of her blinded quest. 
All sprang to their unvarying daily acts; 
The thousand peoples of the soil and tree 
Obeyed the unforeseeing instant's urge, 

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -1, The Symbol Dawn, Page 6

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.