Satyavan: The Golden Tower & The Future of the Earth

This book is an exploration of Satyavan, a central character in Sri Aurobindo's epic Savitri. Drawing on passages from Savitri, insights from the Mother (Agenda, Questions & Answers, and Prayers & Meditations), and other writings of Sri Aurobindo, it follows the deepening significance of a refrain that returns at decisive moments in the epic: "This was the day when Satyavan must die."

Although the poem bears Savitri's name, this study approaches Savitri through Satyavan's presence and signif...