Yogi Sri Aurobindo-03: The Wedding

The story of Satyavan's descending down Upon the World of mortal grips, Soul, the pious, with Truth divine Death and ignorance play the whips. Wedded to Savitri, the Divine Word, Daughter of Sun is born on Earth, Goddess of Truth Supreme, appeared To save him from lethargic froth. The lord of spiritual endeavours King Aswapati, her human father. A symbol of divine effort one needs To transcend into the eternal- From the subconscious slumber. Sayavan's father, the fallen, divine mind Dyumatsena, bereft of vision for ever Lost the kingdom of glory being blind, Neither the celestial vision he had Nor his aspirations for glory, he clad Incarnations were needed to discover The path divine to immortal, life high Above the mundane, mortal world The soul to ride a concrete road From murky, sluggish, lethargic floor To awaken and rise up to divine door. The epic story of conjugal love As often told in Mahabharata, the great The tale of Savitri and Satyavan- Of love that conquered mundane death.