Shalwa : a country & its king.
... 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 holy spiritual practices, one prominent and well-respected among them being the sage Gautama... recount the details of her journey and to reveal the name of the one whom she must have chosen for a husband. Savitri narrates the 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... fortune, mahābhāgyam , of Savitri, and are not contented even though they repeatedly narrate it. Page 539 While in wonderment they are talking thus, a group of citizens of the Shalwa kingdom unexpectedly arrives at the hermitage. Extending their greetings to Dyumatsena, they inform him that his enemy has been killed by his own minister. They also add that in the capital everyone ...
... dignified queen now yields place to the agitated mother who gives way to uncontrollable grief and begins reviling the law that makes it possible for the fairest lilies to fester or fade away so soon. The Shalwa boy himself, Satyavan, now seems a thing of evil to the queen: Perhaps he came an enemy from her past Armed with a hidden force of ancient wrongs, Himself unknowing, and seized her... Savitri's talk of love and pledge are meaningless, for essentially she and Satyavan are strangers. Once Savitri loses sight of Satyavan's physical body, she loses him forever. The physical remains of the Shalwa prince will be distributed between the five elements, which will again fashion forth another man who will love and live and die again, having a soul lodged within him for some time. The queen feels... Beyond my body in another's being. . . 225 No, no, Savitri will not bend; she has found her haven. A renewed fill of joy and strength has enriched her since her meeting the Shalwa prince: If for a year, that year is all my life. And yet 1 know this is not all my fate Only to live and love awhile and die. For I know now why my spirit ...
... Narad visits Aswapati and, as they are engaged in conversation, returns Savitri to the palace. She pays her respects to the elders and, on being asked by her father, discloses that in the forest of the Shalwa country she met Satyavan and it is in him that she has made her choice of a husband. But Narad, without a moment's pause, declares the choice of Savitri to be something accursed, and hence blameworthy... great Idea-Forces and Ideals supporting life and its movements which were beyond the scope of Homer and Shakespeare..." Thus more appealing, even gripping, than the actual death of Satyavan in the Shalwa wilderness Page 119 is the grim prophecy of death made by Narad in Aswapati's palace at Madra. The phrase samvatsarena ksīnāyurdehanyāsam karisyati at the end of the year, ...
... Satyavan return, they are met by Dyumatsena who has already recovered his eyesight and crown. Canto 7. In the morning, the people of Shalwa come in deputation and offer the crown to Dyumasena. Return to Shalwa and coronation. All five boons granted by Yama are fulfilled in due course. Part of this is anticipated in Book XII (Epilogue), and the rest ...
... visits Aswapati and, as they are engaged in conversation, returns Savitri to the palace. She pays her respects to the elders and, on being asked by her father, discloses that in the forest of the Shalwa country she met Satyavan and it is in him that she had made her choice of a husband. But Narad, without a moment's pause, declares the choice of Savitri to be something accursed, and hence blameworthy... supporting life and its movements which were beyond the scope of Homer and Shakespeare..." Thus more appealing, even gripping, than the actual Page 570 death of Satyavan in the Shalwa wilderness is the grim prophecy of death made by Narad in Aswapati's palace at Madra. The phrase saṁvatsareṇa kṣīṇādyurdehanyāsam kariṣyati —at the end of the year, life over, he will abandon ...
... 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 among them being the sage... In the course of her journey as she passes through the green wooded regions she makes respectful obeisances to the sages and rishis staying in the sacred hermitages. It is in her sojourn at the Shalwa forest that she meets Satyavan. Savitri, having made the choice, returns to her father's house. There as if by heavenly design is present with her father the revered sage Narad. Savitri bows down ...
... 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... 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. They further told him: His kin as well as his associates have also been murdered by the same minister; the army of ...
... counsellors, and pays her respects to the sage and the king. 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... 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 news that the usurper has been slain by his minister, the troops have dispersed, and the people want their beloved king back in their midst. This is Yama's second boon fulfilling itself. The ...
... her. But, according to the custom of the time, her father advises her to go out in search of a partner in life,—one who is endowed with qualities like her own. She meets Satyavan in the Shalwa forest and they at once pledge to be together. Savitri returns to the palace and tells to her parents about her meeting with Satyavan. But at that time sage Narad happens to be present in the ...
... creatures nor ignore the "dreadful whirlings of the world," the Supreme assures her all support and blessings. We are reminded by Sri Aurobindo about the bases of the Yoga, through the images of the Shalwa Prince and the Madran Princess, a recurring image in the evolution of earth, the togetherness of the Conscious-Soul and the Nature-Soul, Purusha and Prakriti: O Satyavan, O luminous Savitri ...
... him like gods in Paradise. 54 The same motif of the magnificence of Satyavan's home is repeated later on when Savitri marries him: And yellow rivers pacing, lion-maned, Led to the Shalwa marches' emerald line... Out of the stare of sky and soil they came Into a mighty home of emerald dusk. 55 Savitri's forest home is also the destined territory of her sadhana and ...
... than the force of God; it is she who guards the seal against the rending hand of death, it is she who makes sure that love does not cease to live upon the earth. When Savitri first met Satyavan in the Shalwa woods she, without a moment's pause, recognised him to be none but the God of Love himself standing behind Death; she knew immediately that he was awaiting godly victory that a greater age be ushered ...
... Shakti must meet Death and transform him. VII: 1 The Joy of Union; the Ordeal of the Foreknowledge of Death and the Heart's Grief The royal party takes Savitri to the Shalwa forest and her heart's desire is fulfilled. However, in the foreknowledge of Satyavan's death the utter unknown is gaping into her future about which the dwellers of the hermitages know the least ...
... close to Shiva's fane came seeking her The flame of love in a body of death And blazed in a sudden moment the idol. 19 May 2002 Page 31 Canto Thirty Through the Shalwa tapovanas as she moved In the lotus of her heart opened a pink sun, Splendid in the summer of eternity. Though born in transient world his tranquil gaze Was a look of the spirit winning ...
... Even what is suffering to us,—"our ordeal,"—"is the hidden spirit's choice". What Savitri's heart had chosen was all being fulfilled. Once more she left her own country, Madra, and travelled to Shalwa hermitage. As she travelled not only the country but even "the past receded and the future neared". She left behind all familiar places, relations and friends. From populous city she came to live in ...
... voice, tells 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, ...
... 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 singer and ...
... The two glanced at each other and at once they were united in love as if such union was preordained. Satyavan was living in the forest as a hermit along with his parents. His father was the king of Shalwa who lost his eyesight and with that his kingdom also; he was presently living in the forest as an exile with his queen and son Satyavan. Both Satyavan and Savitri agreed to the marriage inspite ...
... The Yoga of Savitri The Finding of the Soul The Finding of the Soul -1- After her marriage with Satyavan, Savitri leaves Madra and travels to the hermitage at Shalwa and takes charge of the blind king, Dyumtlsena, and the queen. In the new surroundings, which seemed quite heavenly to her, she commenced a new life in the company of her husband: At first ...
... the, bright and beautiful one, obeying him, spoke this wise. 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 ...
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