Aurobindo 115 Savitri Book 7

An appreciation on Savitri- Book Seven: The Book of Yoga Canto Six: Nirvana and the Discovery of the All-Negating Absolute Words within inverted commas are Aurobindo's ' A calm slow sun looked down from tranquil heavens.' 'And Savitri's life was glad, fulfilled like earth's; She had found herself, she knew her being's aim. Although her kingdom of marvellous change within Remained unspoken in her secret breast, All that lived round her felt its magic's charm: ' 'This bright perfection of her inner state Poured overflowing into her outward scene, ' 'A light invaded all from her being's light; ' 'Above the cherished head of Satyavan She saw not now Fate's dark and lethal orb; A golden circle round a mystic sun Disclosed to her new-born predicting sight The cyclic rondure of a sovereign life.' 'In brief shiftings of the future's heavy screen, He lay not by a dolorous decree' 'Always he was with her, a living soul 'A living body near to her body's joy.' 'But now no longer in these great wild woods' 'They were tied in the single circling of their days Together by love's unseen atmosphere, Inseparable like the earth and sky.' 'Thus for a while she trod the Golden Path; ' 'This was the sun before abysmal Night.' 'Once as she sat in deep felicitous muse, 'An abyss yawned suddenly beneath her heart.' 'A rolling surge of silent death, it came Curving round the far edge of the quaking globe; ' The reader is now squeezed in his heart.. A dolorous moment alerts for Savitri.... ............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