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.
MANTRAS IN SUNILDA'S SAVITRI MUSIC
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 03
From Him are the oceans and all these mountains and from Him flow rivers of all forms, and from Him are all plants, and sensible delight which makes the soul to abide with the material elements.
Life and mind and the senses are born from Him and the sky, and the wind and light, and the waters and earth upholding all that is.
Manduka Upanishad 2,1,9,3
Translation by Sri Aurobindo's
SABCL Vol 12, pp 276-75
RECITATION BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 03
LINES
464 When earth was built in the unconscious Void
465 And nothing was save a material scene,
466 Identified with sea and sky and stone
467 Her young gods yearned for the release of souls
468 Asleep in objects, vague, inanimate.
