In 1966,The Mother asked Sunil Bhattacharya to compose the musical accompaniment for Her readings of Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri. He continued to compose music for Savitri (and for the New Year) till his passing in 1998.
In his compositions for Savitri and for the New Year, Sunilda incorporated chantings of mantras from the Vedas, the Upanishads and various Stavas and Stotras, invoking the diverse Godheads of India. To him, the Mother and Sri Aurobindo were the Supreme as well as all the Goddesses and Gods of Indian mythology. As a result, we often find him replacing the names of the different deities mentioned in the originals with the names of the Mother or Sri Aurobindo.
The Purusha, the Spirit within, who is no larger than the finger of a man is seated for ever in the heart of creatures : one must separate Him with patience from one's own body as one separates from a blade of grass its main fibre. Thou shalt know him for the Bright Immortal, yea, for the Bright Immortal.
- Katha Upanishad 2.3.17
Translation by Sri Aurobindo
SABCL Vol 12, pp 265.
That which is the Luminous, that which is smaller than the atoms, that in which are set the worlds and their peoples, That is This, – it is Brahman immutable : life is That, it is speech and mind. That is This, the True and Real, it is That which is immortal : it is into That that thou must pierce, O fair son, into That penetrate.
Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.2
Translation by Sri Aurobindo
SABCL Vol 12, pp 278.
RECITATIONS BY THE MOTHER :
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 01
1
LINES
202 This faint and fluid sketch of soul called man
203 Shall stand out on the background of long Time
204 A glowing epitome of eternity,
205 A little point reveal the infinitudes.
2
LINES
234 A miracle of the Absolute was born;
235 Infinity put on a finite soul,
236 All ocean lived within a wandering drop,
237 A time-made body housed the Illimitable.
238 To live this Mystery out our souls came here.
