July 7, 2024
Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo, Book I The Book of Beginnings, Canto 4, The Secret Knowledge, pp. 60-63
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All here, where each thing seems
its lonely self, are figures of
2
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,480
the soul, transcendent one.
Only by him they are.
3
00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,040
His breath is their life.
An unseen presence moulds the
4
00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,360
oblivious clay.
A playmate in the mighty
5
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,480
Mother's game, One came upon the
dubious whirling globe to hide
6
00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,880
from her pursuit in force and
form a secret spirit in the
7
00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:36,000
inconscient sleep.
A shapeless energy, a voiceless
8
00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,480
word.
He was here before the elements
9
00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,720
could emerge, before there was
light of mind or life could
10
00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,520
breathe.
Accomplice of her cosmic huge
11
00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,080
pretence.
His semblances, He turns to real
12
00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,400
shapes and makes a symbol equal
with the truth.
13
00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,600
He gives to his timeless
thoughts a form and time.
14
00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,160
He is the substance, he the self
of things.
15
00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,080
She is forged from him, her
works of skill and might.
16
00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,400
She wraps him in the magic of
her moods and makes of his
17
00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,880
myriad truths her countless
dreams.
18
00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,600
The Master of Being has come
down to her, an immortal child,
19
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,960
born in the fugitive years in
objects wrought in the persons
20
00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:31,200
she conceives.
Dreaming, she chases her idea of
21
00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:36,080
him, and catches here a look and
there a jest.
22
00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,920
Ever he repeats in them his
ceaseless births.
23
00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,560
He is the Maker in the world He
made.
24
00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:46,360
He is the vision, and He is the
Seer.
25
00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,920
He is himself the actor and the
ACT.
26
00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,480
He is himself the knower and the
known.
27
00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,560
He is himself, the dreamer and
the dream.
28
00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:04,360
There are two who are one and
play in many worlds in knowledge
29
00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,280
and ignorance.
They have spoken and met, and
30
00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,160
light and darkness are their
eyes.
31
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,760
Interchange.
Our pleasure and pain are there.
32
00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,480
Wrestle and embrace our deeds.
Our hopes are intimate to their
33
00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,880
tale.
They are married secretly in our
34
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,200
thought and life.
The universe is an endless
35
00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,320
masquerade, for nothing here is
utterly what it seems.
36
00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,280
It is a dream fact, vision of a
truth which but for the dream
37
00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,160
would not be wholly true.
A phenomenon stands out
38
00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,480
significant against dim
backgrounds of eternity.
39
00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:49,000
We accept its face and pass by
all it means.
40
00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,200
A part is seen.
We take it for the whole.
41
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,240
Thus have they made their play
with us for roles, author and
42
00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,720
actor with himself as seen he
moves there as the soul, as
43
00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320
nature.
She here on the earth where we
44
00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:12,000
must fill our parts, We know not
how shall run the drama's
45
00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000
course.
Our uttered sentences veil in
46
00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,760
their thought.
Her mighty plan she holds back
47
00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,120
from our sight.
She has concealed her glory and
48
00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,400
her bliss, and disguised the
love and wisdom in her heart.
49
00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,080
Of all the marvel and beauty
that are hers only a darkened
50
00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,800
little we can feel.
He too wears a diminished
51
00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,840
Godhead.
Here He has forsaken His
52
00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,600
omnipotence, His calm He has
foregone and Infinity.
53
00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:52,640
He knows her only.
He has forgotten Himself to her.
54
00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,920
He abandons all to make her
great.
55
00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,720
He hopes in her to find himself
anew Incarnate, wedding his
56
00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:06,840
infinity's peace to her creative
passions, ecstasy although
57
00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,600
possessor of the earth and
heavens, He leaves to her the
58
00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:16,760
cosmic management and watches
all the witness of her scene, a
59
00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,279
supernumerary on her stage.
He speaks no words or hides
60
00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,040
behind the wings.
He takes birth in her world,
61
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:31,400
waits on her will, divines her
enigmatic gestures, sense the
62
00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,520
fluctuating chance turns of her
mood, works out her meanings.
63
00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:42,280
She seems not to know and serves
her secret purpose in long time.
64
00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,280
As one too great for him, he
worships her.
65
00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:50,240
He adores her.
As his Regent of desire, he
66
00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,480
yields to her.
As the mover of his will, he
67
00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,920
burns the incense of his nights
and days, offering his life a
68
00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:04,200
splendor of sacrifice, a rapt
solicitor for her love and
69
00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,640
grace.
His bliss in her to him is his
70
00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,120
whole world.
He grows through her in all his
71
00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,320
being's powers.
He reads by her God's hidden aim
72
00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:22,600
in things, or a courtier in her
countless retinue, content to be
73
00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,000
with her and feel her near.
He makes the most of the little
74
00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,560
that she gives, and all she does
drapes with his own delight.
75
00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,240
A glance can make his whole day
wonderful.
76
00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,240
A word from her lips with
happiness wings the hours he
77
00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,160
leans on her for all he does and
is.
78
00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,880
He builds on her largeses his
proud fortunate days and trails
79
00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,280
his Peacock plumaged joy of life
and sons in the glory of her
80
00:05:54,280 --> 00:06:00,120
passing smile in 1000 ways he
serves her royal needs.
81
00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,280
He makes the hours pivot around
her will, makes all reflect her
82
00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,840
whims.
All is their play.
83
00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,880
This whole wide world is only he
and she.
00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,200
All here, where each thing seems
its lonely self, are figures of
2
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:11,480
the soul, transcendent one.
Only by him they are.
3
00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:17,040
His breath is their life.
An unseen presence moulds the
4
00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,360
oblivious clay.
A playmate in the mighty
5
00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:25,480
Mother's game, One came upon the
dubious whirling globe to hide
6
00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,880
from her pursuit in force and
form a secret spirit in the
7
00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:36,000
inconscient sleep.
A shapeless energy, a voiceless
8
00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,480
word.
He was here before the elements
9
00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,720
could emerge, before there was
light of mind or life could
10
00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,520
breathe.
Accomplice of her cosmic huge
11
00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,080
pretence.
His semblances, He turns to real
12
00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,400
shapes and makes a symbol equal
with the truth.
13
00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,600
He gives to his timeless
thoughts a form and time.
14
00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,160
He is the substance, he the self
of things.
15
00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,080
She is forged from him, her
works of skill and might.
16
00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,400
She wraps him in the magic of
her moods and makes of his
17
00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,880
myriad truths her countless
dreams.
18
00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,600
The Master of Being has come
down to her, an immortal child,
19
00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,960
born in the fugitive years in
objects wrought in the persons
20
00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:31,200
she conceives.
Dreaming, she chases her idea of
21
00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:36,080
him, and catches here a look and
there a jest.
22
00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,920
Ever he repeats in them his
ceaseless births.
23
00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,560
He is the Maker in the world He
made.
24
00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:46,360
He is the vision, and He is the
Seer.
25
00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,920
He is himself the actor and the
ACT.
26
00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,480
He is himself the knower and the
known.
27
00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,560
He is himself, the dreamer and
the dream.
28
00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:04,360
There are two who are one and
play in many worlds in knowledge
29
00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,280
and ignorance.
They have spoken and met, and
30
00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,160
light and darkness are their
eyes.
31
00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,760
Interchange.
Our pleasure and pain are there.
32
00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,480
Wrestle and embrace our deeds.
Our hopes are intimate to their
33
00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,880
tale.
They are married secretly in our
34
00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,200
thought and life.
The universe is an endless
35
00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,320
masquerade, for nothing here is
utterly what it seems.
36
00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,280
It is a dream fact, vision of a
truth which but for the dream
37
00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,160
would not be wholly true.
A phenomenon stands out
38
00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,480
significant against dim
backgrounds of eternity.
39
00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:49,000
We accept its face and pass by
all it means.
40
00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,200
A part is seen.
We take it for the whole.
41
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,240
Thus have they made their play
with us for roles, author and
42
00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,720
actor with himself as seen he
moves there as the soul, as
43
00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320
nature.
She here on the earth where we
44
00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:12,000
must fill our parts, We know not
how shall run the drama's
45
00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000
course.
Our uttered sentences veil in
46
00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,760
their thought.
Her mighty plan she holds back
47
00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,120
from our sight.
She has concealed her glory and
48
00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,400
her bliss, and disguised the
love and wisdom in her heart.
49
00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:33,080
Of all the marvel and beauty
that are hers only a darkened
50
00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,800
little we can feel.
He too wears a diminished
51
00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,840
Godhead.
Here He has forsaken His
52
00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:45,600
omnipotence, His calm He has
foregone and Infinity.
53
00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:52,640
He knows her only.
He has forgotten Himself to her.
54
00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,920
He abandons all to make her
great.
55
00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:00,720
He hopes in her to find himself
anew Incarnate, wedding his
56
00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:06,840
infinity's peace to her creative
passions, ecstasy although
57
00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,600
possessor of the earth and
heavens, He leaves to her the
58
00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:16,760
cosmic management and watches
all the witness of her scene, a
59
00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,279
supernumerary on her stage.
He speaks no words or hides
60
00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:25,040
behind the wings.
He takes birth in her world,
61
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:31,400
waits on her will, divines her
enigmatic gestures, sense the
62
00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:36,520
fluctuating chance turns of her
mood, works out her meanings.
63
00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:42,280
She seems not to know and serves
her secret purpose in long time.
64
00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,280
As one too great for him, he
worships her.
65
00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:50,240
He adores her.
As his Regent of desire, he
66
00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,480
yields to her.
As the mover of his will, he
67
00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,920
burns the incense of his nights
and days, offering his life a
68
00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:04,200
splendor of sacrifice, a rapt
solicitor for her love and
69
00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,640
grace.
His bliss in her to him is his
70
00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:11,120
whole world.
He grows through her in all his
71
00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:15,320
being's powers.
He reads by her God's hidden aim
72
00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:22,600
in things, or a courtier in her
countless retinue, content to be
73
00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,000
with her and feel her near.
He makes the most of the little
74
00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,560
that she gives, and all she does
drapes with his own delight.
75
00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,240
A glance can make his whole day
wonderful.
76
00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,240
A word from her lips with
happiness wings the hours he
77
00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,160
leans on her for all he does and
is.
78
00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:48,880
He builds on her largeses his
proud fortunate days and trails
79
00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,280
his Peacock plumaged joy of life
and sons in the glory of her
80
00:05:54,280 --> 00:06:00,120
passing smile in 1000 ways he
serves her royal needs.
81
00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,280
He makes the hours pivot around
her will, makes all reflect her
82
00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,840
whims.
All is their play.
83
00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,880
This whole wide world is only he
and she.