On the 18th January 1960, when a young disciple met the Mother for a personal
interview, she said to him: "I shall give you something special; be prepared."
The next day, when he again met her, she spoke in French first about how to
kindle the psychic Flame and then in this connection started speaking about Sri
Aurobindo’s great epic Savitri and continued to speak at length. The disciple,
after returning from the Mother, wanted to note down immediately what She had
said, but he could not do so because he felt a great hesitation due to his sense
of incapacity to transcribe exactly the Mother’s own words. After nearly seven
years, however, he felt a strong urge to note down what the Mother had spoken;
so in 1967 he wrote down from memory a report in French. The report was seen by
the Mother and a few corrections were made by her. To another disciple who asked
her permission to read this report, she wrote: Years ago I have spoken at length
about Savitri to Mona Sarkar and he has noted in French what I said. Some time
back I have seen what he has written and found it correct on the whole. (4
December 1967)
On a few other occasion also, the Mother had spoken to the same disciple on
the value of reading Savitri which he had noted down afterwards. These notes
have been added at the end of the main report. A few members of the Ashram had
privately read this report in French, but afterwards there were many requests
for its English version. A translation was therefore made in November 1967. A
proposal was made to the Mother in 1972 for its publication and it was submitted
to her for approval. The Mother wanted to check the translation before
permitting its publication but could check only a portion of it. In view of the
great value of what the Mother had said about Savitri and also because of the
increasing demand for the English version, it is now being published. This is a
report written from memory but is amazingly distinct and vivid. We should be
multiply thankful to Mona Sarkar for giving it to us all. The Mother says the
direct road to Savitri is by 'the heart'.
Auromere Ayurvedic Imports
