Dyumatsena : “Lord of the Shining Hosts” ― “the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision”. [SABCL 26:265]. He was the father of Satyavān in the episode of Satyavān & Sāvitri in the Mahābhārata.
... marriage. In fact, he blesses it and wishes it to pass off without any ill-happening. Then Aswapati, Page 93 following the age-old tradition, makes a formal proposal to Satyavan's father Dyumatsena and the wedding of Savitri and Satyavan is solemnised in the presence of the Rishis of the sacred Forest. One year is about to end and Savitri is greatly afflicted when only four days are left in... the forest has already grown dark in the evening and that they must make haste to go back to the hermitage where the elders must be waiting for them with all the anxiety in their heart. Actually, Dyumatsena is very much disturbed and almost becomes unconsolable. But then the Brahmins and Rishis of the holy Forest Page 94 assuage his fears and help him recover his composure by giving... born to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena. Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere ...
... Matter to Life and Mind, etc. This simultaneous movement from below and above is essential. In this manner Satyavan now represents the mental consciousness of man. He is the son of Dyumatsena and "Dyumatsena is Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan. He is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision." He is a blind king symbolising our present blind world ...
... choose for herself a husband from among the princes, as was the custom of the time. At the edge of a forest she unexpectedly meets Satyavan and they fall in love. Satyavan is the son of the blind king Dyumatsena who has lost his throne to an usurper and been banished to the forest. Savitri returns home to tell her parents that she has found the man of her choice and that she wants to marry him and nobody... promises. So great is Savitri’s strength that Yama at long last lets Satyavan return to life on earth. When Savitri and Satyavan return to their hermitage in the forest, a messenger arrives to inform Dyumatsena, who has miraculously regained his eyesight, that the usurper has died and that the people want him back as their king. In this happy ending Savitri alone knows of the drama that has taken place ...
... Book XII, 'Epilogue' (pp. 715- 724) Canto 6. Dyumatsena recovers his eyesight; the parents' anxiety, the return of Satyavan and Savitri, and the latter's explanation. Book XII,'Epilogue'(pp.721-724) As Savitri and Satyavan return, they are met by Dyumatsena who has already recovered his eyesight and crown. Canto ...
... faces, thronged With gold fringed headdress, gold-broidered robes, Glittering of ornaments, fluttering of hems,... 99 headed by King Dyumatsena, "no more/Blind, faltering-limbed", and his queen. Dyumatsena gives the glad news of a kingdom's return and the restoration of eyesight, but he also gently chides Satyavan and Savitri for being so late. Satyavan merely answers ...
... where presently lives Dyumatsena. Following the tradition of proposing a marriage, he requests Dyumatsena to accept Savitri as a bride for his son Satyavan. Dyumatsena is somewhat hesitant in the beginning and also has apprehension whether the young princess would adjust herself to the cloistral life and bear its hardships. But Aswapati assuages his fears. Finally, Dyumatsena accepts the offer and... also add that in the capital everyone has resolved that Dyumatsena should occupy the throne again, as he is its worthy and rightful heir. Thus, imploring him to return, they tell him that the army with all its four divisions is ready at his command. They are also happily surprised to see Dyumatsena with his eyesight regained. Dyumatsena worships the Rishis reverentially and, receiving their blessings... sequence of her journey. She tells that she had gone to the far Shalwa country, once ruled by the noble and righteous king Dyumatsena. But, then, as fate would have it, he becomes blind. A neighbouring king, his past enemy, takes advantage of this situation and invades his kingdom. Dyumatsena is defeated and driven out. With his wife and child-son he retires to the forest and engages himself in tapasya. The ...
... Is she not married yet, asks Narad, and Aswapati, in answer, directs Savitri to speak. She first describes the misfortunes of Dyumatsena, the Shalwa King, who had lost his sight in old age, and so lost his kingdom as well, for it was seized by an enemy neighbour; Dyumatsena had been thus driven to take refuge in the forest with his wife and infant son. Savitri concludes by saying that this son, Satyavan... Savitri as his daughter-in-law. Dyumatsena wonders whether Aswapati's daughter, used to comfort, will be able to put up with the rigours of ashram life in a forest, but Aswapati reassures him and importunes him to accept Savitri as Satyavan's wife. Forest life can have no terrors for Savitri, because she knows full well that happiness and misery are impermanent. Dyumatsena now reveals that he had himself... ending of it all. The ascetics praise her with one voice, take leave of Dyumatsena and Satyavan, and go to their respective abodes. The last canto is a brief one and may be called, after Thomas Hardy, 'aftercourses' or, more appropriately, 'fulfilment'. In the morning, even as the ascetics are talking to Dyumatsena about Savitri, there come to the hermitage the people of Shalwa with the ...
... fact, he blesses it and wishes it to pass Page 552 off without any ill-happening. Then Aswapati, following the age-old tradition, makes a formal proposal to Satyavan's father Dyumatsena and the wedding of Savitri and Satyavan is solemnised in the presence of the Rishis of the sacred Forest. One year is about to end and Savitri is greatly afflicted when only four days are left... the forest has already grown dark in the evening and that they must make haste to go back to the hermitage where the elders must be waiting for them with all the anxiety in their heart. Actually, Dyumatsena is very much disturbed and almost becomes unconsolable. But then the Brahmins and Rishis of the holy Forest assuage his fears and help him recover his composure by giving him comforting assurances... to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human farther, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere ...
... Dyumatsena said: How can it be proper for me to tell you at all to break the vow? The best a person in my position can wish for you is that you be able to take it to the full end. Page 31 Markandeya said: Saying so, the great-minded Dyumatsena retired and Savitri, standing erect on a... The King, when he heard of this difficult vow, was very much distressed; he got up and spoke kind and conciliative words to Savitri. Dyumatsena said: O Princess, what you have taken upon yourself is very hard and severe; to remain standing throughout like this is extremely difficult to accomplish. ... almost for a year that I did not step out of the ashram-premises; but now a curiosity has arisen in me to see the forest, full of trees and flowers. Dyumatsena said: Ever since Savitri's father left her here as my daughter-in-law, never has she made any request to me for anything; I do not recollect her having done so any time. ...
... to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere... the titan's, it is God's... I have seen God smile at me in Satyavan; I have seen the Eternal in a human face. 19 nd the poet adds: "Then none could answer to her words." Dyumatsena, the fallen King caged in the mind, sees if at all as through a fog dimly, but Aswapati the King-Forerunner breaks out of the mental cage, explores the "vasts of God", confronts the Divine Mother... earth they are surprised with joy and they are deeply content, and "over wide earth brooded the infinite bliss". The last Book (The Epilogue) describes their return to Dyumatsena's place — a Dyumatsena restored to his sight and throne —and they retire for the night full of expectancy of "a greater dawn". -5- Savitri, a poem like no other, is based on vision and experience that ...
... Narration of the Reasons for their Coming Back Late. Page 72 Markandeya said: At about the same time the mighty King Dyumatsena got back the sight, clear and pellucid, with which he began seeing everything very well. But, O Yudhishthira, greatly perturbed as he was, for his son, he along with his wife Shaibya went... you. Markandeya said: O Yudhishthira, then lighting in the open a bright fire, all those twice-born and holy sat around, with King Dyumatsena, the Lord of the Earth. Shaibya, and Satyavan and Savitri who were standing farther at one end, also took their seats when directed to do so by everybody, now griefless. O Yudhishthira... night, realising that you would be all worried about me; and for the delay there is no other reason. Gautama said: But your father Dyumatsena got his eyesight so unexpectedly, its cause you do not seem to know; Savitri will be able to tell us about it. O Savitri, I am eager to hear of it from you; you know, O Savitri, all that ...
... along with them, and his daughter, set out on the journey. On reaching the deep and sacred forest the King walked, accompanied by the Brahmins, to the hermitage where abode the King-sage Dyumatsena. There he saw, under a tall and stately shal-tree, seated on an ascetic's mat, the illustrious King, but now blind. The King with due honour offered respects to the King-sage and... named Savitri; I am approaching you with a request, O established in dharma, to accept her in the just and proper way as your daughter-in-law. Dyumatsena said: I have lost my kingdom and here in the forest I dwell, living a life according to the dharma, in the practices of austerity; how can it be fair for your daughter to adopt this... are acceptable to me as I too for you; kindly, then, Consent to receive my daughter as a bride for Satyavan and a good daughter-in-law for you. Dyumatsena said: It had been my long-cherished desire to have a family Page 25 tie with you; and, with the loss of the kingdom, I thought I had lost all hope for such a relationship ...
... Vyasa's Savitri Request from the Citizens of Shalwa to Dyumatsena to Return and to Rule over the Kingdom, the Coronation Ceremony, and the Fulfilment of the Boons by Getting a Hundred Sons and a Hundred Brothers. Page 85 Markandeya said: When the night was over and the solar... solar orb had well ascended they, all rich in austerities, performed their morning rituals and gathered again. All those great Rishis spoke to Dyumatsena of the extreme good fortune of Savitri and were not contented even though they expressed it again and again. About the same time, arriving, the citizens of Shalwa informed the King that his enemy had been killed by his own minister... carriage drawn by several men and, with the army for protection, left the place. Gladdened, there the priests sprinkled the holy unctuous waters and performed the coronation ceremony for Dyumatsena; the great-souled Satyavan was at the same time ceremoniously installed as the crown-prince. Page 87 Then, in the course of long time, Savitri gave birth to a hundred ...
... to save; Aswapathy, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere... the titan's, it is God's.... I have seen God smile at me in Satyavan; I have seen the Eternal in a human face. 26 And the poet adds: "Then none could answer to her words." Dyumatsena, the fallen King caged in the mind, sees if at all as through a fog dimly, but Aswapathy the King-Forerunner breaks out of the mental cage, explores the "vasts of God", confronts the Divine Mother... of the earth they are surprised with joy and they are deeply content, and "over wide earth brooded the infinite bliss". The last Book ('Epilogue') describes their return to Dyumatsena's place - a Dyumatsena restored to his sight and throne - and they retire for the night full of expectancy of "a greater dawn". V Savitri, a poem like no other, is based on vision and experience that do ...
... all, the love for which she is asking Satyavan back is but a queer passion, a fancy's fleeting fondness,—if not a figure of utter falsity. Later he even grants her two boons: for Satyavan's father Dyumatsena kingdom and power and friends and lost greatness and royal trappings for his peaceful age and, by the second, the sensuous solace of light to eyes which could have found a larger realm, a deeper ...
... you are inclined to desert me, exclusively devoted as I am (to you)? (5) Know you me to be as obedient to your will as Savitrī (of historical fame) was devoted to the valiant Satyavan, son of King Dyumatsena. (6) I will not cast my eyes even in thought on anyone else than you as any other woman bringing disgrace to her family would, 0 sinless one! I must accompany you, 0 scion of Raghu! (7) 0 Rāma ...
... born to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere ...
... evolutionary process. In Sri Aurobindo's epic, as in the old bardic legend, Savitri strives by herself, but not for herself alone. In the legend, along with Satyavan regaining his life, Dyumatsena regains his eyesight and kingdom, and Aswapati has the promise of a hundred sons; in the epic, Satyavan's returning to life means all these, and also the inauguration of a new age in man's and earth's ...
... conclusion, it should not be taken very seriously. Secondly, Savitri is assailed because it carries insufficient human interest. The human characters are few—Aswapati, Savitri, Satyavan, Dyumatsena; a few more perhaps, but they are of little consequence; and Narad is hardly of this earth, and certainly not earthy. What sort of epic can you make of these people? There is no 'physical' action ...
... born to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere allegory, the characters are not personified ...
... Page 13 Savitri said: O Lord of the Earth, ruled there far in the Shalwa country a just and warrior king, renowned by the name Dyumatsena; but then he became blind. Though fixed in wisdom he was, exploiting this opportunity, finding him with his sight gone, and his son still too young, a past enemy of his, a king of the ne... and like Shibi, the son of Ushinar, he is a counsellor of truth and is established in Brahmanhood. Like Yayati he is exceedingly bounteous, and is beautiful like the moon; this son of Dyumatsena, strong in build, is as handsome, as if he were one of the Ashwinikumars. He has subdued his passions, is soft-natured, is a youth of heroic deeds, is full of truth, and has regulated ...
... its call. On the borders of a dreaming wilderness Mid Shalwa's giant hills and brooding woods In his thatched hermitage Dyumatsena dwells, Blind, exiled, outcast, once a mighty king. The son of Dyumatsena, Satyavan, I have met on the wild forest's lonely verge. My father, I have chosen. This is done. 209 All are astonished ...
... Savitri ‘a legend and a symbol.’ The legend is a story from the Mahabharata that briefly summarized goes as follows: Savitri, daughter of King Aswapati of Madra, chooses Satyavan, son of King Dyumatsena of Shalwa, for her husband. Satyavan lives in the forest to which his blind father has been exiled by a usurper; there Savitri meets him and falls in love with him. On her return home, the heavenly ...
... 64. 29 Georges Van Vrekhem, op.cit., p. 278. the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, the lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a ...
... concluding line This was the day when Satyavan must die. {C} Page 397 This single-line sentence concludes the first canto and introduces Satyavan, son of the banished king, Dyumatsena, and husband of Savitri. This concluding line brings sharply into focus the three primary lines of imagery established in the first line of the poem. Compare this single-line conclusion with ...
... Aswapati at a most crucial juncture in the life of Savitri. This happens when she is about to disclose to her parents her choice of marrying Satyavan; Satyavan, his mother Shaibya and blind father Dyumatsena, once the ruler of the Shalwa country, are staying as exiles in the forest. In the forest there are sages and learned ascetics engaged in hallowed spiritual practices, one prominent and well respected ...
... to save; Aswapati, the Lord of the Horse, her human father, is the Lord of Tapasya, the concentrated energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the immortal planes; Dyumatsena, Lord of the Shining Hosts, father of Satyavan, is the Divine Mind here fallen blind, losing its celestial kingdom of vision, and through that loss its kingdom of glory. Still this is not a mere ...
... happen on the earth after this Descent were also communicated. 5. The Fulfilment The Epilogue is the return to earth and the joining with the father and the mother. The blind king Dyumatsena, the father of Satyavan, had in the meantime got back his eyesight and his lost kingdom with the boons from Yama. An indication of what the transformed Earth shall be, is only hinted here ...
... reaches maturity kings and princes overwhelmed by her divine character dare not ask her hand. So her father sends her forth to seek her own lord. Her heart finds Satyavan, the faithful son of Raja Dyumatsena, a blind and exiled king who lives in a forest hermitage. When Savitri comes to declare her love to her father, she finds him in conversation with Narad, the great heavenly sage. When Narad ...
... had not for his beautiful life. Give, if thou must, or, if thou canst, refuse. 17 Death grants the boon, even as she demands it, with little apparent grace; Satyavan's father, Dyumatsena will get his kingdom and eyesight again, for these had long been in Satyavan's thoughts. Now at least must Savitri retire, not violate further the laws of life and death. As Savitri ...
... by it. But shakti or power is what makes Savitri unique among the heroines of legend and history. It is characteristic of her that she never weeps. Satyavan weeps aloud thinking of his parents, Dyumatsena weeps thinking of his son; Savitri does not weep—not when Narad speaks the cruel words, not when Satyavan dies, nor when, after coming back to life, he breaks down at the thought of his parents. ...
... its successive births on its ascending planes of existence ("the march of my sacrifices"), to bear it "over every difficult crossing", and to be "the fosterer of our embodyings". 69 Dyumatsena as well as Aswapati offer agnihotra oblations, and for much the same reason; they are really awakening the light and force of the indwelling God so as to grow in Truth-consciousness and labour ...
... has subdued the senses...Wedded to her, Satyavan lays down his life in the service of his distressed parents and thus completes his self-sacrifice. 55 This brings fulfilment to Dyumatsena, for he gets his eyesight back and can see his real son, his atman, raised by Yama-Dharma-Raja to immortality. The same writer has also given a phenomenal interpretation of the legend: Satyavan ...
... the Kingdom of Death. Savitri, who is, as you know, the Goddess of Divine Light Knowledge, comes down to redeem Satyavan from Death's grasp. Aswapati, the father of Savitri, is the Lord of Energy. Dyumatsena is "the one who has the shining hosts". It is all inner movement, nothing much as regards outward action. The poem opens with the Dawn. Savitri awakes on the day of destiny, the day when Satyavan ...
... "find her lord". Then he turned to Savitri and asked: "Virgin who comes and perfected by joy "Whom hast thou chosen kingliest among men?" Savitri calmly replied: "The son of Dyumatsena, Satyavan I have met on the wild forest's lonely verge My father, I have chosen. This is done." The king saw a heavy shadow float above the name but it was chased by a sudden and ...
... her name—"I am Savitri, Princess of Madra"—and asks in turn for his, and why he is content to abide in the forest's inaccessible solitudes. He tells his story too; he is Satyavan, the Shalwa King Dyumatsena's son—but a king no more, for he has lost eyesight and kingdom both: Outcast from empire of the outer light, Lost to the comradeship of seeing men, He sojourns in ...
... summed up later. The present is what matters, and the poem is concerned with it. Savitri, the princess of Madra and darling daughter of King Aswapati, has married the exiled King Dyumatsena's dear son, Satyavan. She is living in the forest with her husband and his elders, sharing uncomplainingly their austere life. Between Savitri and Satyavan a true marriage of minds has been effected ...
... Aurobindo uses "gold" as ornament: Bringing its stream of unknown faces, thronged With gold-fringed head-dresses, gold-broidered robes. 44 Sri Aurobindo may insinuate here that, once Dyumatsena's kingdom is restored, he regains not only his former splendour but is also blessed with spiritual riches. Realm of Gemstones We have seen so far that the poet has a marked preference ...
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