Sri Aurobindo was a master yogi and visionary and wrote brilliantly in various areas of culture. He considered himself to be primarily a poet by vocation. His poetry found its apotheosis in the epic poem Savitri, a work in excess of 23,000 lines. The principal theme involves the heroine, Savitri’s, descent into the realm of the Lord of Death in order to release her mate, Satyavan, and to return together with him into life. The poem, in fact, is about the essential nature of many aspects of spiritual, psychological and even physical realities. It is a symbolic myth and mantra reflecting Sri Aurobindo’s own felt-experience and understanding. It is his magnum opus and the most complete expression of his worldview and vision. According to him, as a mantra, it has the capacity of transforming the individual’s inner consciousness. As a symbol, it represents the truth behind what is represented in the poem -- the release of the truth of being from the clutches of death into life. Savitri is a meaningful answer to the cry for a guiding myth or worldview that can be heard behind the chaotic noise of the contemporary world.
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