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 12
Climb high, O soul ; strength is come to us,
Darkness has fled ; behold, the Light approaches.
She has opened the path for the passage of the Sun :
We go there where life is carried ever forward.
The Flame-bearers, the adorers sing to the rising Dawn,
They utter the right-minded word.
Appear this day, O Goddess of Plenty, to him who expresses Thee, in me illumine a life rich with its fruitfulness.
Rig Veda 1.113.16,17
Translation by Nolini Kanta Gupta
CWNKG, Vol 5, p 131.
RECITATION BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 02 CANTO 12
Lines
011 At each pace of the journey marvellous
012 A new degree of wonder and of bliss,
013 A new rung formed in Being’s mighty stair,
014 A great wide step trembling with jewelled fire
015 As if a burning spirit quivered there
016 Upholding with his flame the immortal hope,
