Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
AuthorSri Aurobindo
Publication date
1950
For other uses, see Savitri.

Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is an epic poem in blank verse by Sri Aurobindo. Consisting of nearly 24,000 lines, it is based on the legend of Savitri and Satyavan in the Mahabharata, which Sri Aurobindo reinterpreted as a symbolic myth of the Vedic cycle. Sri Aurobindo described the work as a "symbolic epic of the aim of supramental Yoga". It narrates the spiritual ascent of the king Aswapati (the Lord of Tapasya) to the highest planes of consciousness to bring down a divine power, and the subsequent birth and yoga of Savitri (the Divine Word) who must descend into the grip of death and ignorance to conquer them. The poem was written as an experiment in "mantric" poetry, intended to express a direct vision from the "Overhead" planes of consciousness.

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