Aurobindo 66 Savitri Book 3

An appreciation on Savitri- Book 3-The Book of the Divine Mother Canto Four: The Vision and the Boon Words within inverted commas are Aurobindo's 'But too immense my danger and my joy. Awake not the immeasurable descent, Speak not my secret name to hostile Time; Man is too weak to bear the Infinite's weight. Truth born too soon might break the imperfect earth. Leave the all-seeing Power to hew its way: In thy single vast achievement reign apart Helping the world with thy great lonely days.' 'I ask thee not to merge thy heart of flame In the Immobile's wide uncaring bliss, Turned from the fruitless motion of the years, Deserting the fierce labour of the worlds, Aloof from beings, lost in the Alone. How shall thy mighty spirit brook repose While Death is still unconquered on the earth And Time a field of suffering and pain? ' 'Thy soul was born to share the laden Force; Obey thy nature and fulfil thy fate: Accept the difficulty and godlike toil, 'For the slow-paced omniscient purpose live. The Enigma's knot is tied in humankind. A lightning from the heights that think and plan, Ploughing the air of life with vanishing trails, ' 'Man, sole awake in an unconscious world, Aspires in vain to change the cosmic dream. Arrived from some half-luminous Beyond He is a stranger in the mindless vasts; ' Said all is true...aspiring too much In an unconscious world, man is a stranger And beauty is Truth like Thine words..... ............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 there so, let Savitri in my self arise Aroused there so be knowledge and fortune