At the Feet of The Mother
At the insistence of the queen, the human mother of Savitri, Narad the sage with a capacity of foresight speaks of the destiny that Savitri has with Satyavan.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
Above were the Immortal's changeless seats,
White chambers of dalliance with eternity
And the stupendous gates of the Alone.
As human beings we want only pleasant thing to happen. We shun pain and do not want it as our share. We wish to know the future so that we can avert painful events.
The need to foresee destiny is there in every human being. But it is not given to man as perhaps instead of helping it may create difficulties.
Our destiny operates at many levels. There is the arrangement of outer circumstances which we ordinarily think of as Fate.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
All the great Words that toiled to express the One
Were lifted into an absoluteness of light,
An ever-burning Revelation's fire
And the immortality of the eternal Voice.
Fate is veiled for human beings and this has its own purpose. But the queen, Savitri’s human mother, seeks Narad’s blessings and requests him to reveal Savitri’s fate.
Savitri arrives from her quest. She has found her partner and mate in Satyavan. Now she comes to her father’s palace happy with the thoughts of having found the love of her life.
Narada descends on the palace of Aswapati singing the Divine Name. His experience of entry into our human mortal world is described beautifully.
Even as Savitri is hastening to her palace-home Narada, the divine messenger is descending upon Aswapati’s palace.
Savitri and Satyavan are now married with the Sun as witness. Savitri now returns leaving behind her heart that has chosen Satyavan as her partner and mate.
Dr Alok Pandey and Narad on Savitri (VIDEO)
A giant order was discovered here
Of which the tassel and extended fringe
Are the scant stuff of our material lives.
Savitri and Satyavan come together in a moment of Grace. They unite to start a new drama in creation. This is the mystic marriage between the soul and God and through this union and communion it opens the door of uniting Spirit and Matter.
