Aurobindo 89 Savitri Book 6

An appreciation on Savitri- Book Six: The Book of Fate Canto One: The Word of Fate Words within inverted commas are Aurobindo's 'And fortunate the forest hermitage Where leaving her palace and riches and a throne My Savitri will dwell and bring in heaven.' "Or if crouches unseen a panther doom, If wings of Evil brood above that house, Then also speak, that we may turn aside And rescue our lives from hazard of wayside doom And chance entanglement of an alien fate.' 'And Narad slowly answered to the queen: 'What help is in prevision to the driven? ' 'The eternal poet, universal Mind, Has paged each line of his imperial act; ' 'Her eyes are fixed upon her mighty aim; No cry or prayer can turn her from her path. She has leaped an arrow from the bow of God.' How wonderfullySavitri is portrayedin thy words! ! 'His words were theirs who live unforced to grieve' 'As though her own bosom were pierced the mother saw The ancient human sentence strike her child, ' 'Though calm and wise and Aswapati's queen, Human was she still and opened her doors to grief; ' A sample of human mother was Aswapati's queen.. 'Her heart appealed against the impartial judge, Taxed with perversity the impersonal One.' Her tranquil spirit she called not to her aid, But as a common man beneath his load Grows faint and breathes his pain in ignorant words, 'So now she arraigned the world's impassive will: ' 'What stealthy doom has crept across her path'Line 463 to 'To know is best, however hard to bear.'Line 518 ............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 ============================================== Note: Some more inspiring, descriptive and informative lines from Book 6 Canto 1 Page 426 Too heavy falls a Shadow on man's heart; It dares not be too happy upon earth. It dreads the blow dogging too vivid joys, A lash unseen in Fate's extended hand, The danger lurking in fortune's proud extremes, An irony in life's indulgent smile, And trembles at the laughter of the gods. Page 426&427 A future knowledge is an added pain, A torturing burden and a fruitless light On the enormous scene that Fate has built. Page 428 Here dreadfully entangled love and hate Meet us blind wanderers mid the perils of Time. Our days are links of a disastrous chain, Necessity avenges casual steps; Old cruelties come back unrecognised, The gods make use of our forgotten deeds. Page 428&429 We are not as the gods who know not grief And look impassive on a suffering world, Calm they gaze down on the little human scene And the short-lived passion crossing mortal hearts.