These remote inaccessible spots upon earth are often used by ascetics so as to escape the corrupting influence of human life.
At the Feet of The Mother
Weekly Readings in Savitri
These spaces of earth are conducive to relieve us of the tensions that man incurs through his journey of life.
The Earth is a living entity, a goddess who has offered to be the field of a great unfolding of the Divine through forms and symbols.
Savitri ventures further to spaces not yet inhabited by human beings led by her inner light, guided by her soul.
There is inbuilt in life a Guidance though our mind is not aware of it and hence leads us into devious ways.
It is not just the journey to find her partner but the journey to her own greater fate towards which Savitri is traveling. Sri Aurobindo reveals here a little bit of the workings of Fate.
Savitri starts her journey and encounters the different forms of worldly life and efforts that mankind is engaged in.
In this Canto we witness various lines of yoga through which humanity has advanced so far in its pursuit of Truth.
Savitri’s departure marks a new phase in her life that will eventually lead to the unfolding of fate and lead her towards the accomplishment of her mission.
These beautiful lines reveal to us all about the power of the mantra in a single long passage.
Aswapati bids Savitri to go out into the wide world and discover her soul-mate.
Aswapati sets the tone for sending Savitri to venture into the world to find her partner.
Aswapati feels an inspired to speak to the depths of Savitri’s heart.
Aswapati beholds in his daughter an incarnation of the Divine Mother and the mission she is here to accomplish.
Here we see Aswapati beholding Savitri with the vision of a yogi and a seer and not just of her father and king.
Human life moves in the average pitch between the godlike and the animal kind.
Human life is a mixed tissue. We are as if shut in a material casement that screens our deeper and higher aspects.
Aswapati listens to the voice that calls man to ascend towards sublimer heights.