Meditations on Savitri Book 2 Canto 7


Savitri Book 2 Canto 7 - The Descent into Night

A charm and sweetness sudden and formidable,
Faces that raised alluring lips and eyes
Approached him armed with beauty like a snare,
But hid a fatal meaning in each line
And could in a moment dangerously change. ||56.5||
But he alone discerned that screened attack. ||56.6||



Painting by Huta

Book 2 Canto 7 Painting #1


The Mother's sketch

Book 2 Canto 7 Sketch #1






Savitri Book 2 Canto 7 - The Descent into Night

A Power that laughed at the mischief of the world,
An irony that joined the world’s contraries
And flung them into each other’s arms to strive,
Put a sardonic rictus on God’s face. ||56.17||



Painting by Huta

Book 2 Canto 7 Painting #2


The Mother's sketch

Book 2 Canto 7 Sketch #2






Savitri Book 2 Canto 7 - The Descent into Night

Only were safe who kept God in their hearts:
Courage their armour, faith their sword, they must walk,
The hand ready to smite, the eye to scout,
Casting a javelin regard in front,
Heroes and soldiers of the army of Light. ||57.23||



Painting by Huta

Book 2 Canto 7 Painting #3


The Mother's sketch

Book 2 Canto 7 Sketch #3






Savitri Book 2 Canto 7 - The Descent into Night

Haled by a serpent-force from its warm home
And dragged to extinction in blank vacancy
Life clung to its seat with cords of gasping breath;
Lapped was his body by a tenebrous tongue. ||60.12||



Painting by Huta

Book 2 Canto 7 Painting #4


The Mother's sketch

Book 2 Canto 7 Sketch #4






Savitri Book 2 Canto 7 - The Descent into Night

He mastered the tides of Nature with a look:
He met with his bare spirit naked Hell. ||60.20||



Painting by Huta

Book 2 Canto 7 Painting #5


The Mother's sketch

Book 2 Canto 7 Sketch #5