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.
At the Feet of The Mother
Weekly Readings in Savitri
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.
The Canto starts with Aswapati receiving a command from within. Savitri has grown up and it is time that she must find her spouse.
Savitri has come of age. She must now find her partner with whom she must walk together and face the great question of life.
The greater one stands in the inner hierarchy the lonelier one gets. But this loneliness is a strength like the lonely tower watching over the seas as a sentinel of the Night.
As Savitri grew her consciousness spread out in ever widening circle of humanity that started receiving her touch and her influence.
TEXT IN ENGLISH
The coming of mind on the stage of earthly life has led to a fall from the simplicity and spontaneity of the plant and animal life.