Savitri: a Legend and a Symbol by Sri Aurobindo Reading from Book 3, Canto IV The Vision and the Boon

0:02 We are doing something today a little bit different than normal. There's going to be a reading of a passage from Sri aurobindo. So epic poem savitri a legend and a symbol. Quote. In the beginning, is prepared to close. This strange irrational product of the mire, this compromise between the Beast and God. Is not the crown of the eye miraculous world. I know they're shall inform the incontinent cells at one with nature and at height with Heaven, a spirit vast as the containing sky and swept with ecstasy, from invisible, fountains a God, come down and greater by the Fall. A power arose out of my Slumbers cell. Abandoning, the tardy, limp of the hours and the inconstant blink of mortal sight.

1:11 There where the Thinker sleeps in too much light and intolerant Flames. The loan all witnessing. I hearing the word of Fate from Silent heart in the endless moment of Eternity. It saw from timelessness, The Works of time over past where the leaden formulas of the Mind. Overpowered the Obstacle of mortal space. The unfolding image showed the things to come a giant dance of Shiva tour. The past there was a thunder as of Worlds that fall Earth was or run with fire and the Roar of death clamoring to slay. A world is hunger had made.

2:02 There was a clangor of destructions wings that Titans Battle Cry was in my ears alarm and rumors shook the armored Knight. I saw the omnipotence flaming Pioneers over the Heavenly Verge which turns towards life come crowding down. The Amber stairs of birth forerunners of a Divine multitude out of the paths of the Morning Star. They came Into the little room of mortal life. I saw them cross the Twilight of an age, the sun, I'd children of a marvelous Dawn the great creators with wide Brown's of calm.

2:51 The massive Barrier Breakers of the world and wrestlers with Destiny. And her lists of will the laborers and the quarries of the Gods. The Messengers of the incommunicable. The Architects of immortality into the Fallen human sphere. They came Faces that wore the Immortals Glory still? Voices that communes still with the thoughts of God, bodies made Beautiful by the spirits light carrying the magic word, the Mystic fire carrying the dionysian cup of Joy, approaching eyes of a diviner. Man lips, chanting an unknown anthem of the sole feet echoing in the corridors of time.

3:49 High Priests of Wisdom sweetness might and Bliss discovers. A beauty sunlit ways and swimmers of loves laughing, fiery floods, and dancers, with in raptures, golden doors, their tread one day shall change the suffering Earth and justify the light on Nature's face. although fate lingers in the high Beyond and the work seems Vein on which our hearts force was spent All shall be done for which our pain was born. Even as of old man came behind the Beast, this High Divine.

4:31 Successor. Surely shall come behind man's and efficient. Mortal Pace behind his vein, labor, sweat, and Blood and Tears. He shall know what Mortal mind bear leader stink. He shall do what the heart of the Mortal could not dare. Inheritor of the toil of human time. He shall take on him, the burden of the Gods. All Heavenly light shall visit the Earth's thoughts? The might of Heaven shall fortify Earthly Hearts Earth's deed shall touch. The superhumans height.

5:12 Earth seeing widened into the infinite. Heavy unchanged ways still the imperfect World. The Splendid youth of time has passed and failed. Heavy and long are the years, our labor counts and still the seals are firm upon man's soul and weary is the ancient mother's heart. Oh truth defended in thy secret son, voice of Her Mighty musings and shut Heavens on things with Drawn, within her luminous depths, oh, wisdom Splendor, mother of the universe. Creatrix, the eternals artist, bride, linger, not long with, I transmuting hand-pressed vainly on one. Golden bar of time.

6:06 As if time, dare not open its heart to God. Oh, radiant Fountain of the world's Delight world free and unattainable above. Oh Bliss. Whoever dwell is deep hid within while men seek the outside and never find Mystery and Muse, with hieratic tongue incarnate, the white passion of thy Force mission to Earth, some living form of thee. One moment fill with die. Eternity. Natalia Infinity in one body live. All knowledge, wrap one mind in Seas of light, all love throb single in one human heart Immortal treading. The Earth with Mortal feet.

6:56 All Heavens Beauty crowd in Earthly, limbs omnipotence girdle with the power of God movements and moments of a mortal will pack with the Eternal might one human our and with one gesture change all future time. Let a great word. Be spoken from the Heights and one Great ACT unlock the doors of fate. Let a great word. Be spoken from the Heights and one Great ACT unlock the doors of fate.