An appreciation on Savitri-
Book I The Book of Beginnings-canto-3-
The Yoga of the King: The Yoga of the Soul’s Release
Words within inverted commas are Aurobindo’s
Yoga of king Aswapati(Father of Savitri) and
his yogic experiences.
‘In hands sustained by a transfiguring Might
He caught up lightly like a giant’s bow
Left slumbering in a sealed and secret cave
The powers that sleep unused in man within.’
‘He made of miracle a normal act
And turned to a common part of divine works,
‘The gifts of the spirit crowding came to him; ‘
‘They were his life’s pattern and his privilege.’
‘Deceived no more by form he saw the soul.
‘The world’s thought-streams travelled into his ken; ‘
Tuned to ‘ethereal symphonies’ was the king’s soul
‘A world unseen, unknown by outward mind
Appeared in the silent spaces of the soul.’
‘The inner planes uncovered their crystal doors;
Strange powers and influences touched his life’
His’mind leaned out to meet the hidden worlds: ‘
‘Ambrosial ‘honey of Paradise’, aromatic celestial fragrance
‘Heavenly hues’, ‘a channel of universal harmony’
All ‘beneath the cosmic surfaces’ by a ‘secret sense.’
‘In the unceasing drama carried by Time’
‘A laughter of sleepless pleasure foamed and spumed’
”All was revealed there none can here express; ‘
‘The gods of light and titans of the dark
Battled for his soul as for a costly prize’
‘It was a region of wonder and delight’
‘The Supreme’s gaze looked out through human eyes
And saw all things and creatures as itself’
And knew all thought and word as its own voice.’
‘There unity is too close for search and clasp
‘And oneness is the soul of multitude.’
…………My consciousness this moment,
O’Guru, I’m in awe….in invincible heights
Ineffable Thee embellishing poetic creation
My inquisitive apprehension, erring Thee may opine
May thereso, let Savitri in my self arise
Aroused thereso be knowledge and fortune
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