June 23, 2024
Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo, Book VII The Book of Yoga, Canto 5 The Finding of the Soul, pp. 526-527
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A being stood immortal,
intransience, deathless,
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00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,760
dallying with momentary things,
in whose wide eyes of tranquil
3
00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:17,320
happiness, which pity and sorrow
could not abrogate Infinity
4
00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,080
turned its gaze on finite
shapes.
5
00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,880
Observer of the silent steps of
the hours.
6
00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,920
Eternity upheld the minutes,
acts, and the passing scenes of
7
00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:36,800
the Everlasting's play in the
mystery of its selecting will in
8
00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,080
the Divine Comedy.
A participant, the Spirit's
9
00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,600
conscious representative, God's
delegate in our humanity,
10
00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,520
comrade of the universe, the
transcendence Ray.
11
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,760
She had come into the mortal
body's room to play at ball with
12
00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:00,440
time and circumstance.
A joy in the world, her Master
13
00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,200
movement.
Here, the passion of the game
14
00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,720
lighted her eyes.
A smile on her lips welcomed
15
00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,560
Earth's bliss and grief.
A laugh was her return to
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00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,480
pleasure and pain.
All things she saw as a
17
00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,680
masquerade of truth disguised in
the costumes of ignorance.
18
00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,000
Crossing the years to
immortality.
19
00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,920
All she could front with the
strong Spirit's peace, But since
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00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,400
she knows the toil of mind and
life as a mother feels and
21
00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,040
shares her children's lives, she
puts forth a small portion of
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00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:45,000
herself, a being no bigger than
the thumb of man, into a hidden
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00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,960
region of the heart, to face the
pang and to forget the bliss, to
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00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:56,280
share the suffering and endure
earth's wounds and labour mid
25
00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,600
the labour of the stars.
This in US laughs and weeps,
26
00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:07,040
suffers the stroke, exalts in
victory, struggles for the
27
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,520
crown, identified with the mind
and body and life.
28
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,800
It takes on itself their anguish
and defeat, bleeds with fate's
29
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,400
whips and hangs upon the cross.
It is the unwounded and immortal
30
00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,000
self supporting the actor in the
human scene.
31
00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,360
Through this she sends us her
glory and her powers, pushes to
32
00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,520
wisdom's heights.
Through misery's gulfs.
33
00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,920
She gives us strength to do our
daily task and sympathy, but
34
00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:45,240
that partakes of others grief
and the little strength we have
35
00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:50,000
to help our race.
We who must fill the role of the
36
00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,600
universe, acting itself out in a
slight human shape and on our
37
00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,840
shoulders carry the struggling
world.
38
00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,520
This is in us the Godhead, small
and marred.
39
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,520
In this human portion of
divinity she seats the greatness
40
00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,960
of the soul in time to uplift
from light to light, from power
41
00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:18,960
to power, till on a heavenly
peak it stands, a king in body,
42
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,560
weak in its heart and invincible
might.
43
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,680
It climbed, stumbling, held up
by an unseen hand, a toiling
44
00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,640
spirit in a mortal shape.
Here, in this Chamber of flame
45
00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,240
and light they met.
They looked upon each other,
46
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:43,040
knew themselves, the secret
deity and its human part, the
47
00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,200
calm and mortal and the
struggling soul.
48
00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,560
Then with a magic transformation
speed, they rushed into each
49
00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,760
other and grew 1.
00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:06,600
A being stood immortal,
intransience, deathless,
2
00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:11,760
dallying with momentary things,
in whose wide eyes of tranquil
3
00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:17,320
happiness, which pity and sorrow
could not abrogate Infinity
4
00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,080
turned its gaze on finite
shapes.
5
00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,880
Observer of the silent steps of
the hours.
6
00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:29,920
Eternity upheld the minutes,
acts, and the passing scenes of
7
00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:36,800
the Everlasting's play in the
mystery of its selecting will in
8
00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,080
the Divine Comedy.
A participant, the Spirit's
9
00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,600
conscious representative, God's
delegate in our humanity,
10
00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,520
comrade of the universe, the
transcendence Ray.
11
00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,760
She had come into the mortal
body's room to play at ball with
12
00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:00,440
time and circumstance.
A joy in the world, her Master
13
00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,200
movement.
Here, the passion of the game
14
00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,720
lighted her eyes.
A smile on her lips welcomed
15
00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,560
Earth's bliss and grief.
A laugh was her return to
16
00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,480
pleasure and pain.
All things she saw as a
17
00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,680
masquerade of truth disguised in
the costumes of ignorance.
18
00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,000
Crossing the years to
immortality.
19
00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:28,920
All she could front with the
strong Spirit's peace, But since
20
00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,400
she knows the toil of mind and
life as a mother feels and
21
00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:39,040
shares her children's lives, she
puts forth a small portion of
22
00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:45,000
herself, a being no bigger than
the thumb of man, into a hidden
23
00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:50,960
region of the heart, to face the
pang and to forget the bliss, to
24
00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:56,280
share the suffering and endure
earth's wounds and labour mid
25
00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:01,600
the labour of the stars.
This in US laughs and weeps,
26
00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:07,040
suffers the stroke, exalts in
victory, struggles for the
27
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,520
crown, identified with the mind
and body and life.
28
00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,800
It takes on itself their anguish
and defeat, bleeds with fate's
29
00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:23,400
whips and hangs upon the cross.
It is the unwounded and immortal
30
00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,000
self supporting the actor in the
human scene.
31
00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,360
Through this she sends us her
glory and her powers, pushes to
32
00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,520
wisdom's heights.
Through misery's gulfs.
33
00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:40,920
She gives us strength to do our
daily task and sympathy, but
34
00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:45,240
that partakes of others grief
and the little strength we have
35
00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:50,000
to help our race.
We who must fill the role of the
36
00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,600
universe, acting itself out in a
slight human shape and on our
37
00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,840
shoulders carry the struggling
world.
38
00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,520
This is in us the Godhead, small
and marred.
39
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,520
In this human portion of
divinity she seats the greatness
40
00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,960
of the soul in time to uplift
from light to light, from power
41
00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:18,960
to power, till on a heavenly
peak it stands, a king in body,
42
00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,560
weak in its heart and invincible
might.
43
00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:28,680
It climbed, stumbling, held up
by an unseen hand, a toiling
44
00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,640
spirit in a mortal shape.
Here, in this Chamber of flame
45
00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,240
and light they met.
They looked upon each other,
46
00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:43,040
knew themselves, the secret
deity and its human part, the
47
00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,200
calm and mortal and the
struggling soul.
48
00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,560
Then with a magic transformation
speed, they rushed into each
49
00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,760
other and grew 1.