Savitri: A hope stole in that hardly dared to be
A hope stole in that hardly dared to beAmid the Night’s forlorn indifference.As if solicited in an alien worldWith timid and hazardous instinctive grace,Orphaned and driven out to seek a…
Savitri: An unshaped consciousness desired light
An unshaped consciousness desired lightAnd a blank prescience yearned towards distant change.As if a childlike finger laid on a cheekReminded of the endless need in thingsThe heedless Mother of the…
Savitri: The Impassive Skies Were Neutral, Empty, Still
The impassive skies were neutral, empty, still.Then something in the inscrutable darkness stirred;A nameless movement, an unthought IdeaInsistent, dissatisfied, without an aim,Something that wished but knew not how to be,Teased…
Savitri: A Power of Fallen Boundless Self Awake
A power of fallen boundless self awakeBetween the first and the last Nothingness,Recalling the tenebrous womb from which it came,Turned from the insoluble mystery of birthAnd the tardy process of…
Savitri: It was the hour before the Gods awake
Canto One of Savitri is titled The Symbol Dawn. M.P. Pandit explains: "The Dawn that is spoken of is not only the dawn of that fateful day when Satyavan must…