May 12, 2024
Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo, Book I The Book of Beginnings, Canto 5 The Yoga of the King: the Yoga of the Spirit's Freedom and Greatness, pp. 78-80
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His soul retired from all that
he had done.
2
00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880
Hushed was the futile din of
human toil.
3
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Forsaken wheeled the circle of
the days.
4
00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,720
In distance sank the crowded
tramp of life.
5
00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,040
The silence was his sole
companion.
6
00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:27,480
Left impassive, he lived immune
from earthly hopes, a figure in
7
00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,960
the ineffable Witness Shrine,
pacing the vast cathedral of his
8
00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,760
thoughts under its arches, dim
with Infinity and heavenward,
9
00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:44,520
brooding of invisible wings.
A call was on him from
10
00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:50,240
intangible heights, indifferent
to the little outpost mind he
11
00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,200
dwelt in the wideness of the
Eternal's reign, his being now
12
00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,600
exceeded thinkable space.
His boundless thought was
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00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,480
neighbor to cosmic sight.
A universal light was in his
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00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,560
eyes.
A golden influx flowed through
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00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,200
heart and brain.
A force came down into his
16
00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,240
mortal limbs, a current from the
eternal seas of bliss.
17
00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:23,080
He felt the invasion and the
nameless joy, aware of his
18
00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,160
occult Omnipotent source,
allured by the omniscient
19
00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,640
Ecstasy, the living centre of
the illimitable widened to
20
00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,720
equate with the world's
circumference, he turned to his
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00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:42,440
immense spiritual fate.
Abandoned on a canvas of torn
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00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:47,760
air, a picture lost in far and
fading streaks, the earth
23
00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,800
nature's summit sank below his
feet.
24
00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:57,320
He climbed to meet the infinite
Moor above the Immobile's ocean.
25
00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,400
Silence saw him pass.
An arrow leaping through
26
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:07,840
Eternity suddenly shot from the
tense bow of time, a ray
27
00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,160
returning to its parent sun,
opponent of that glory of
28
00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,280
escape.
The black incontinence swung,
29
00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,920
its dragon tail lashing A
sumbliss infinite by its force
30
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,400
into the deep obscurities of
form.
31
00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,280
Death lay beneath him like a
gate of sleep.
32
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,600
One pointed to the Immaculate
delight, questing for God.
33
00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:39,240
As for a splendid prey he
mounted burning like a cone of
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00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,360
fire.
To a few is given that God like
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00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,840
rare release, one among many
thousands never touched,
36
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,360
engrossed in the external
world's design is chosen by a
37
00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:57,040
secret witness eye, and driven
by a pointing hand of light
38
00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:03,080
across his soul's unmapped
immensitudes, a Pilgrim of the
39
00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,320
everlasting truth.
Our measures cannot hold his
40
00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000
measureless mind.
He has turned from the voices of
41
00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,600
the narrow realm, and left the
little lane of human time in the
42
00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,160
hushed precincts of a vaster
plan.
43
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,240
He treads the vestibules of the
unseen, or listens, following a
44
00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:31,720
bodyless guide to a lonely cry
and boundless vacancy, all the
45
00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,400
deep cosmic murmur falling
still.
46
00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:41,320
He lives in the hush before the
world was born, his soul left
47
00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,560
naked to the timeless One, far
from compulsion of created
48
00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,560
things, thought and its shadowy
idols disappear.
49
00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,160
The moulds of form and person
are undone.
50
00:03:54,840 --> 00:04:00,520
The ineffable wideness knows him
for its own, a lone forerunner
51
00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,160
of the godward earth among the
symbols of yet unshaped things.
52
00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:11,720
Watched by closed eyes, mute
faces of the unborn, he journeys
53
00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,720
to meet the incommunicable.
Hearing the echo of his single
54
00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:23,880
steps in the eternal courts of
solitude, a nameless marvel
55
00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,240
fills the motionless hours.
His spirit mingles with
56
00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,360
eternity's heart and bears the
silence of the Infinite.
00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,560
His soul retired from all that
he had done.
2
00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880
Hushed was the futile din of
human toil.
3
00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,560
Forsaken wheeled the circle of
the days.
4
00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,720
In distance sank the crowded
tramp of life.
5
00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,040
The silence was his sole
companion.
6
00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:27,480
Left impassive, he lived immune
from earthly hopes, a figure in
7
00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:32,960
the ineffable Witness Shrine,
pacing the vast cathedral of his
8
00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,760
thoughts under its arches, dim
with Infinity and heavenward,
9
00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:44,520
brooding of invisible wings.
A call was on him from
10
00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:50,240
intangible heights, indifferent
to the little outpost mind he
11
00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,200
dwelt in the wideness of the
Eternal's reign, his being now
12
00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,600
exceeded thinkable space.
His boundless thought was
13
00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:04,480
neighbor to cosmic sight.
A universal light was in his
14
00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,560
eyes.
A golden influx flowed through
15
00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,200
heart and brain.
A force came down into his
16
00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:16,240
mortal limbs, a current from the
eternal seas of bliss.
17
00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:23,080
He felt the invasion and the
nameless joy, aware of his
18
00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,160
occult Omnipotent source,
allured by the omniscient
19
00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,640
Ecstasy, the living centre of
the illimitable widened to
20
00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,720
equate with the world's
circumference, he turned to his
21
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:42,440
immense spiritual fate.
Abandoned on a canvas of torn
22
00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:47,760
air, a picture lost in far and
fading streaks, the earth
23
00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,800
nature's summit sank below his
feet.
24
00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:57,320
He climbed to meet the infinite
Moor above the Immobile's ocean.
25
00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,400
Silence saw him pass.
An arrow leaping through
26
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:07,840
Eternity suddenly shot from the
tense bow of time, a ray
27
00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,160
returning to its parent sun,
opponent of that glory of
28
00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,280
escape.
The black incontinence swung,
29
00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:21,920
its dragon tail lashing A
sumbliss infinite by its force
30
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,400
into the deep obscurities of
form.
31
00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,280
Death lay beneath him like a
gate of sleep.
32
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,600
One pointed to the Immaculate
delight, questing for God.
33
00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:39,240
As for a splendid prey he
mounted burning like a cone of
34
00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,360
fire.
To a few is given that God like
35
00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,840
rare release, one among many
thousands never touched,
36
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,360
engrossed in the external
world's design is chosen by a
37
00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:57,040
secret witness eye, and driven
by a pointing hand of light
38
00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:03,080
across his soul's unmapped
immensitudes, a Pilgrim of the
39
00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,320
everlasting truth.
Our measures cannot hold his
40
00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,000
measureless mind.
He has turned from the voices of
41
00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,600
the narrow realm, and left the
little lane of human time in the
42
00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,160
hushed precincts of a vaster
plan.
43
00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:25,240
He treads the vestibules of the
unseen, or listens, following a
44
00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:31,720
bodyless guide to a lonely cry
and boundless vacancy, all the
45
00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,400
deep cosmic murmur falling
still.
46
00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:41,320
He lives in the hush before the
world was born, his soul left
47
00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,560
naked to the timeless One, far
from compulsion of created
48
00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,560
things, thought and its shadowy
idols disappear.
49
00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,160
The moulds of form and person
are undone.
50
00:03:54,840 --> 00:04:00,520
The ineffable wideness knows him
for its own, a lone forerunner
51
00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,160
of the godward earth among the
symbols of yet unshaped things.
52
00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:11,720
Watched by closed eyes, mute
faces of the unborn, he journeys
53
00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,720
to meet the incommunicable.
Hearing the echo of his single
54
00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:23,880
steps in the eternal courts of
solitude, a nameless marvel
55
00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:28,240
fills the motionless hours.
His spirit mingles with
56
00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,360
eternity's heart and bears the
silence of the Infinite.