The profound mysteries of the process of birth of an Avatar are being revealed to us.
At the Feet of The Mother
Weekly Readings in Savitri
The work for which the Avatar descends is to transform matter by putting it in direct contact with the Divine.
What is described now is the birth of Savitri which is indeed a very special moment, a divine moment so to say since it is the birth of the Divine upon earth.
Sri Aurobindo introduces us to the joy that is born with the spring as if it was an indication of the advent of a greater love that is to manifest upon earth.
The period of conception was coming to a close through the three seasons preparing for the Divine Advent.
Through the season of rain, Sri Aurobindo describes to the least detail the process of purification.
Summer is effort and labour and struggle. Through this labour and struggle we sow seeds of our deeds in the soil of earth nature.
This beautiful passage describes vividly the seasons and their significance as stages of earth’s preparation for the change and also the seasons of life.
Book Four Canto One opens with a vivid description of the seasons that pass while the earth is preparing for the Divine Birth.
Book Four deals primarily with Savitri’s birth, her many-sided growth needed for the work she has come down to accomplish. Part Two is dedicated to Savitri and her yoga for earth and man.
Book Three comes to a close with the completion of Aswapati’s tapasya.
Aswapati now returns to earth back to the mortal state amidst the speed and rumour of terrestrial things.
The Divine Mother withdraws into the secrecy of Her Silence.
The tremendous moment has arrived when the Divine Mother will grant the boon asked for by Aswapati.
Now the penultimate moment arrives for which Aswapati, the Seer-king and Yogi has come so far.
Mother Nature, material mother awaits with patience for the coming of the New World.
Sri Aurobindo’s prophetic vision is described here as the coming of children who would embody the New Creation.