एक देवी का प्रेम | सावित्री pp. 8-9 | सावित्री यज्ञ SY 011

[A goddess's love] A talk by Dr Alok Pandey. We read the passage below describing Savitri's inner state as she wakes up on the fated morning when Satyavan is destined to die. 'The long-foreknown and fatal morn was here Bringing a noon that seemed like every noon. For Nature walks upon her mighty way Unheeding when she breaks a soul, a life; Leaving her slain behind she travels on: Man only marks and God's all-seeing eyes. Even in this moment of her soul's despair, In its grim rendezvous with death and fear, No cry broke from her lips, no call for aid; She told the secret of her woe to none: Calm was her face and courage kept her mute. Yet only her outward self suffered and strove; Even her humanity was half divine: Her spirit opened to the Spirit in all, Her nature felt all Nature as its own. Apart, living within, all lives she bore; Aloof, she carried in herself the world: Her dread was one with the great cosmic dread, Her strength was founded on the cosmic mights; The universal Mother's love was hers. Against the evil at life's afflicted roots, Her own calamity its private sign, Of her pangs she made a mystic poignant sword. A solitary mind, a world-wide heart, To the lone Immortal's unshared work she rose.' [Savitri: 8-9]