Sri Aurobindo's multi-faceted genius is not easily fathomed. The world knows him primarily as a Mahayogi. He was also a superb poet in English and achieved the impossible by producing a great philosophical epic in Savitri. Almost 50 years a-growing, the epic poem takes up the secular legend of Savitri and Satyavan found in Vyasa's Mahabharata and retells the tale in terms of man's evolutionary advancement and the possibilities of his great future on earth. Savitri by itself, Savitri in relation to Sri Aurobindo's life and work, and Savitri in relation to the great epics of the world and even in relation to the currents of human thoughts and experience of all times: these are the three ascending terms in the argument in A Study of Savitri. At a time when there is a widening interest in Sri Aurobindo's poem, this trustworthy volume will be a great help to aspirants the world over.

Esta obra tiene el carácter iluminador acerca de la misión de Sri Aurobindo, que no es otra que la de encontrar a Dios en el hombre. No se trata de una mejora, sino de una radical y completa transformación. La presente guía, compuesta de tres partes, que se integran y complementan recíprocamente, ofrece un cuadro bastante completo del yoga integral de Sri Aurobindo y constituye, al mismo tiempo, una válida y preciosa ayuda para la práctica del yoga.