Savitri - 54

Sri Aurobindo's Savitri

Daily Savitri - 54

The sacrifice of suffering and desire 
Earth offers to the immortal Ecstasy 
Began again beneath the eternal Hand. 
Awake she endured the moments' serried march 
And looked on this green smiling dangerous world, 
And heard the ignorant cry of living things. 
Amid the trivial sounds, the unchanging scene 
Her soul arose confronting Time and Fate. 
Immobile in herself, she gathered force. 
This was the day when Satyavan must die.   

- Savitri by Sri Aurobindo, Book 1, Canto -1, The Symbol Dawn, Page 10

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.