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Unused Versions and Omitted Passages
A. BOOK TWO, CANTO SIX
The passages below have been transcribed from Sri Aurobindo's last handwritten version of the end of Book Two, Canto Six. An earlier manuscript was revised by dictation and used as the basis for the published text. Sri Aurobindo worked extensively on the first section of the version reproduced below, up to "A Sphinx whose eyes looked up to an unseen Sun."1 The manuscript continues to the middle of Canto Seven, but since the remainder of it contains only minor verbal alterations and few lines not found in the text of the poem, only selected passages are presented here. Some punctuation missing in th
Table of Line Numbers by Canto
Page numbers are printed in bold type. Each page number is followed by the line number of the first line on that page, counting from the beginning of the canto.
PART ONE
BOOK ONE
Canto One
1
1
2
32
3
68
4
104
5
140
6
176
7
211
8
247
9
283
10
319
Lines in Book One, Canto One : 342
Canto Two
11
1
12
32
13
68
14
104
15
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Supplement
to the
Revised Edition
of
Savitri
Supplement
to the
Revised Edition
of
Savitri
Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Pondicherry
First edition 1994
(Typeset in 11/13 New Times)
ISBN 81-7058-363-2
© Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust 1994
Published by Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Publication Department
Printed at Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry
PRINTED IN INDIA
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Table of Emendations
This table lists the differences between the Revised Edition of Savitri and the three previous complete editions (1950-51, 1954 and 1970). Readings in the Present reading column are those of the Revised Edition. A date in this column indicates that the previous reading was altered to the present reading in the edition of that date. Undated readings in the Previous reading column are those of the first edition (1950-51) and of any other editions prior to the present one or to the date in the Present reading column. A date in the last column shows that the reading first appeared in the edition of that date; earlier editions may be assumed to have had
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Table of Alternative Readings
The nature of these alternative readings is explained in the Introduction. Notes on the individual items are provided at the end of the table. An asterisk (*) in the Text column indicates that the reading printed in the Revised Edition has not appeared in earlier editions. (In this case, the alternative reading given here is usually the same as the previous reading listed in the Table of Emendations.)
No.
Page
Line
Text
Alternative reading
1.
18
21
sit
sits
2.
20
8
stark
huge
EDITORS' NOTE
The Revised Edition of Sri Aurobindo's Savitri is the result of a systematic comparison of the previously printed text with the manuscripts. The checking has included a detailed study of the various stages of copying, typing and printing — processes involving persons other than the author—through which the poem reached its published form. A substantial number of discrepancies due to accidents in the process of transmission have been discovered. The editors have critically examined these variations and have restored the original readings in most cases. The authenticity of the text, rather than subjective preference, has been the guiding
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