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MANTRAS IN SUNILDA'S SAVITRI MUSIC
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 04
1
महत् तदुल्बं स्थविरं तदासीद्येनाविष्टितः प्रविवेशिथापः ।
विश्वा अपश्यद्बहुधा ते अग्ने जातवेदस्तन्वो देव एकः॥
ऐच्छाम त्वा बहुधा जातवेदः प्रविष्टमग्ने अप्स्वोषधीषु ।
तं त्वा यमो अचिकेच्चित्रभानो दशान्तरुष्यादतिरोचमानम्॥
Large was the covering and it was dense in which thou wert wrapped when thou didst enter into the waters ; one was the god who saw thee but many and manifold were thy bodies which he saw, O Fire, O knower of all things born.
We desire thee, O Fire, O knower of all things born, when thou hast entered manifoldly into the growths of the earth and into the waters ; there the lord of the law grew aware of thee, O thou of the many diverse lights, shining luminous beyond the ten inner dwelling places.
Rig Veda 10.51.1,3
Translation by Sri Aurobindo
SABCL Vol 11, p 405.
2
शकमयं धूममाराद्पश्यं विषूवता पर एनावरेण ।
उक्षाणं पृश्निमपचन्त वीरास्तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन्॥
तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति तेन जीवन्ति प्रदिशश्चतस्रः ।
ततः क्षरत्यक्षरं तद् विश्वमुप जीवति॥
जगता सिन्घुं दिव्यस्तभायद् रथंतरे सूर्यं पर्यपश्यत् ।
गायनत्रस्य समिधस्तिस्र आहुस्ततो मह्ना प्र रिरिचे महित्वा॥
I saw from far afar the smoke in its energy spreading high and wide.
The heroes prepare the dappled Scatterer even like food ; such were the first and pristine laws.
From Her the oceans flow out everywhere ; by that the four directions live their life.
From there flow out that which does not flow ; based upon that the universe lives its life.
With Jagat the Stream was established firm in the Heaven ; with Rathantara the Sun is seen all around up above.
The rhythm of Gayatra, they say, has a threefold kindling ; hence it goes farther beyond in its mighty greatness.
Rig Veda 1.164.43,42,25
Translation by Nolini Kanta Gupta
CWNKG, Vol 5, pp 135-38.
RECITATION BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 04
LINES
313 In the enigma of the darkened Vasts,
314 In the passion and self-loss of the Infinite
315 When all was plunged in the negating Void,
316 Non-Being’s night could never have been saved
317 If Being had not plunged into the dark
318 Carrying with it its triple mystic cross.
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 04
1
महत् तदुल्बं स्थविरं तदासीद्येनाविष्टितः प्रविवेशिथापः ।
विश्वा अपश्यद्बहुधा ते अग्ने जातवेदस्तन्वो देव एकः॥
ऐच्छाम त्वा बहुधा जातवेदः प्रविष्टमग्ने अप्स्वोषधीषु ।
तं त्वा यमो अचिकेच्चित्रभानो दशान्तरुष्यादतिरोचमानम्॥
Large was the covering and it was dense in which thou wert wrapped when thou didst enter into the waters ; one was the god who saw thee but many and manifold were thy bodies which he saw, O Fire, O knower of all things born.
We desire thee, O Fire, O knower of all things born, when thou hast entered manifoldly into the growths of the earth and into the waters ; there the lord of the law grew aware of thee, O thou of the many diverse lights, shining luminous beyond the ten inner dwelling places.
Rig Veda 10.51.1,3
Translation by Sri Aurobindo
SABCL Vol 11, p 405.
2
शकमयं धूममाराद्पश्यं विषूवता पर एनावरेण ।
उक्षाणं पृश्निमपचन्त वीरास्तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन्॥
तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति तेन जीवन्ति प्रदिशश्चतस्रः ।
ततः क्षरत्यक्षरं तद् विश्वमुप जीवति॥
जगता सिन्घुं दिव्यस्तभायद् रथंतरे सूर्यं पर्यपश्यत् ।
गायनत्रस्य समिधस्तिस्र आहुस्ततो मह्ना प्र रिरिचे महित्वा॥
I saw from far afar the smoke in its energy spreading high and wide.
The heroes prepare the dappled Scatterer even like food ; such were the first and pristine laws.
From Her the oceans flow out everywhere ; by that the four directions live their life.
From there flow out that which does not flow ; based upon that the universe lives its life.
With Jagat the Stream was established firm in the Heaven ; with Rathantara the Sun is seen all around up above.
The rhythm of Gayatra, they say, has a threefold kindling ; hence it goes farther beyond in its mighty greatness.
Rig Veda 1.164.43,42,25
Translation by Nolini Kanta Gupta
CWNKG, Vol 5, pp 135-38.
RECITATION BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 04
LINES
313 In the enigma of the darkened Vasts,
314 In the passion and self-loss of the Infinite
315 When all was plunged in the negating Void,
316 Non-Being’s night could never have been saved
317 If Being had not plunged into the dark
318 Carrying with it its triple mystic cross.
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