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 08 CANTO 03
1
यामस्तौत् स्वपिते हरौ कमलजो हन्तुं मधुं कैटभम्।
नीलाश्मद्युतिमास्यपाददशकां सेवे महाकालिकाम्॥
1
Who shines like a blue stone and has ten feet and whom the lotus-born Brahma lauded in order to slay Madhu and Kaitava when Hari was asleep, I worship that Mahakalika.
Devi Mahatmyam - Mahakalidhyanam
Translation by Shankaranarayanan
Glory of the Divine Mother, p 133.
2
सेवे महातारिकां कोमलाङ्गि देवि दुर्गे ॥
ॐ श्रीनारायणि नीलावगुण्ठे॥
ॐ नमो देवि दुर्गे ॥
ॐ श्रीनारायणि नीलावगुण्ठे॥
2
I worship that Mahatarika, the graceful-tenderlimbed Devi Durga.
OM. Sri Narayani veiled in blue.
OM. I bow to Devi Durga.
OM. Sri Narayani veiled in blue.
Source Unknown.
RECITATIONS BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 08 CANTO 03
1
LINES
012 Then silently she rose and, service done,
013 Bowed down to the great goddess simply carved
014 By Satyavan upon a forest stone.
015 What prayer she breathed her soul and Durga knew.
016 Perhaps she felt in the dim forest huge
017 The infinite Mother watching over her child,
018 Perhaps the shrouded Voice spoke some still word.
3
अक्षस्रक्परशुं गदेषुकुलिशं पद्मं धनुः कुण्डिकां
दण्डं शक्तिमसिं च चर्म जलजं घण्टां सुराभाजनम्।
शूलं पाशसुदर्शने च दधतीं हस्तैः प्रवालप्रभां
सेवे सैरिभमर्दिनीमिह महालक्ष्मीं सरोजस्थिताम्॥
3
Wielding in Her hands the string of beads, battle axe, mace, arrow, thunderbolt, lotus, bow, water-pot, cudgel, lance, sword, shield, conch, bell, wine-cup, trident, noose and the discus Sudarsana, She has a complexion of coral and is seated on a lotus. I worship here that Mahalaxmi, the vanquisher of asura, Mahisha.
Devi Mahatmyam - Mahalakshmidhyanam
Translation by Shankaranarayanan
Glory of the Divine Mother, p 153.
RECITATIONS BY THE MOTHER
SAVITRI BOOK 08 CANTO 03
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LINES
083 But Satyavan had paused. He meant to finish
084 His labour here that happy, linked, uncaring
085 They two might wander free in the green deep
086 Primaeval mystery of the forest’s heart. . . .
092 Wordless but near she watched, no turn to lose
093 Of the bright face and body which she loved. . . .
098 But Satyavan wielded a joyous axe.
099 He sang high snatches of a sage’s chant