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
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भूतेषु सर्वेषु चराचरेषु दूरे समीपे पुरतश्च पश्चात् ।
विलोकयाम्यूर्ध्वमधश्च तिर्यक् हे कृष्ण ते रूपमनन्तरूप॥
अहो निमग्नस्तव रूपसिन्धौ पश्यामि नान्तं न च मध्यमादिम् ।
अवाक् च निष्पन्दतरो विमूढः कुत्रास्मि कोऽस्मीति न वेद्मि देव॥
नमस्ते नमस्ते विभो विश्वमूर्ते नमस्ते नमस्ते हरेऽचिन्त्यशक्ते ।
नमस्ते नमस्तेऽखिलाश्चर्यसिन्धो महादेव शम्भो नमस्ते नमस्ते॥
In all beings, moving and unmoving, far and near, in front or in the rear I see above and below and aside, thy form, O Krishna, who has infinite forms.
Lo ! I am wholly merged in the ocean of thy beauty : I see there neither the end nor the middle nor the beginning.
Speechless I am, motionless evermore, utterly bewildered ! Where am I, who am I ? I know not, O Lord.
I bow to Thee, I bow to Thee ! O Lord ! who has the whole universe as his forms. I bow to Thee, I bow to Thee O Lord, whose force transcends all Thought !
I bow to Thee, I bow to Thee, the ocean of all wonders ! O Mighty Lord, Giver of bliss ! I bow to Thee, I bow to Thee.
Source Unknown.
RECITATION BY THE MOTHER
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671 A Sphinx whose eyes look up to a hidden Sun.
