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PART II
The Book of Beginnings:
Savitri as a Path of Initiation
Our journey starts in the morning, the hour of the "symbol dawn". Turn the first page of Savitri and a door opens within. On this threshold pause, while Sri Aurobindo's vision unfolds to the inner eye. Around us the star-field stretches to infinity, but now look down to where, far below, a dark planet moves ponderously in its orbit around the sun. Sri Aurobindo is showing us our earth "abandoned in the hollow gulfs". He calls upon all the resources of the English language as if to counterbalance with the weight of his words the sullen inertia of the circling g
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/The Ballad of Savitri.htm
The
Ballad of Savitri
PART
I
Savitri was the only child
Of Madra's wise and mighty king;
Stem warriors, when they
saw her, smiled,
As mountains smile to see the spring.
Fair as a lotus when the
moon
Kisses its opening petals red,
After sweet showers in
sultry June!
With happier heart, and lighter tread,
Chance strangers, having
met her, past,
And often would they turn the head
A lingering second look to
cast,
And bless the vision ere it fled.
What was her own peculiar
charm?
The soft black eyes, the raven hair,
The curving neck, the
rounded arm,
All these are common every
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/Some Reflections on Savitri.htm
Some Reflections on Savitri
1: Guidance from the Mother on Savitri
In February 1967 an exhibition of Huta's paintings of Savitri was held at the Ashram. After seeing it I wrote to the Mother: "The Savitri exhibition is full of images of Savitri, the ascent of the being, the descent of divinity and the divine play, from which radiates a light, as beautiful as powerful, similar to that which I see near You. Is this my imagination or is it true?"
The Mother answered: "It is quite true and I am glad that you saw it."
Later, in 1968 and 1969, on occasions, I referred some lines from Savitri to her and got her comments.
Sri Aurobindo has wri
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/Apropos of Savitri.htm
Apropos of Savitri
Part One
Introducing Savitri
tat savitur varam rūpam jyotiḥ parasya dhìmahi !
yannah satyena dipayet !
Let us meditate on the most auspicious form of Savitṛ, the Light of the Supreme which shall illumine us with the Truth.1
This is Sri Aurobindo's Gayatri Mantra. The meditation is on the auspicious form of the Sun, the Sun of Divine Light. The Mantra affirms that the Light shall illumine us with the Truth. It shall illumine all the parts of our being, even the very physical. In it shall be our true progress. The threefold reality of Sat-Chit-Ananda shall express itself in this creation. Even the physical shall
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/The Ascent of Sight in Sri Aurobindo^s Savitri.htm
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The
Ascent of Sight
in
Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
Sight in
the Superconscient
Introduction
We should recognise the
insufficiency of normal mind of man to be an instrument for the discovery of the
Truth:
Our mind lives far off from
the authentic Light
Catching at little
fragments of the Truth.1
But if mind fails, what else
remains? Again, it has been affirmed that "thought nor word can seize eternal
Truth."2 But, then, if thought proves impotent what else is there
that can take its place? The answer is: What else? It must be a sight:
Out of our thoughts we must
leap up to sight.3
Yes, it has
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/Real Symbols of Inner Reality.htm
Real Symbols of Inner Reality
A look at Sri Aurobindo
A well-known British writer and critic has stated recently: "I don't see Sri Aurobindo as a poet at all..." and added,".. .if you press the claim that Sri Aurobindo was a great poet...you will only be detracting from his undoubted importance as a thinker and perhaps a saint. You will never persuade any Western poet or critic."1 And this view is confirmed by other literati, among them William Irwin Thomson, who suggests that Yogis should on principle be debarred from expressing themselves in verse, since they do it so badly, and cites Sri Aurobindo as an example.
That Sri Aurobindo's poetry ru
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/The Legend of Savitri According to the Mahabharata.htm
PART VI
The
Legend of Savitri
According to the Mahabharata
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Shilpa-Yoga and the Kingdom
of
Subtle Matter
After his personal liberation,
Aswapati seeks for the key to the realisation of Truth for all humankind. This
leads him to search for the parting of the ways, the place where Error creeps
into eternal Perfection, and the secret Origin where resides the Power by which
the universal condition of Ignorance and Falsehood may be abolished. Withdrawing
from the reality of the gross physical realm (sthula jagat) he becomes
the Traveller of the Worlds, ascending the serried planes of consciousness that
link our dense material base of manifestation with the Unmanifest Infinite
Unknowable (avyakt
Resource name: /E-Library/Disciples/Deshpande, R. Y./English/Perspectives of Savitri Part 2/Sri Aurobindo the Poet-Jeweller.htm
Sri
Aurobindo the Poet-Jeweller
The Use
of Gold and Gemstones in Savitri
Introduction
In India, where a roadside
stone can be turned into an idol and enshrined by the devout, it is little
wonder that precious metals and stones are deemed invaluable. They are treasured
for their commercial value and aesthetic worth. Gemstones are esteemed to be
priceless, perhaps for a third reason: they are believed to be the repository of
occult powers.
It is probably for this reason that stones are worshipped in temples and gems
revered as talismans. This practice of seeking protection from gems and precious
metals cannot be treated as a