Pain is the hammer of the Gods to break a dead resistance in the mortal's heart. Where ignorance is, there too suffering must come. Man must overcome an ancient adversary force, a hidden foe lodged within his breast. This is the inner war without escape.
Savitri's mother voices the suffering complaint of the surface soul in man and his revolt against his ignorant, fate because her daughter's fate seems doomed and she cannot understand why.
The Deep Unchanging Soul of Love - Stronger Than Death, Greater Than Fate. Savitri's Mother tells her to find another mate because Satyavan will die in one year. Savitri refuses to leave her eternal mate and the deep possibility always to love.
The Queen accuses the cosmic Law of injustice because Savitri's destiny is doomed when she marries Satyavan. She asks for the Truth. Narad, the all-knowing messenger of the Gods gives the Truth and sets free the spring of cosmic Fate.
Fate - Must fire always test the great of soul ? Savitri tells her parents she has chosen to marry Satyavan. They worry that this marriage has an adverse fate. Narad, the all-knowing Divine Messenger says no cry or prayer can turn Savitri from her path.
Narad, the Divine Messenger speaks of Savitri's beauty, changed by love. He shows that he knows what has happened to her and what will happen to her. He gives a covert warning of doom. The King asks for the blessing of a sorrowless life for his daughter.
Narad, the Divine Messenger descends to earth from Immortal worlds to tell Savitri about her fate. Sri Aurobindo again writes about the creation of the universe and he also tells us about the ultimate fate of the anti-divine demons.
Savitri and Satyavan join their two souls in their own deep, life-changing personal marriage. Sri Aurobindo's descriptions of their wedding and what happens in their embrace disclose ancient wisdom about the experience of marriage.
The two soul mates continue to learn their true relationship and begin to realize what they have always known within. Satyavan tells of his spiritual quest and says that he will surely succeed now that Savitri has come.
Satyavan and Savitri, eternal soul mates, have been together life after life. They speak for the first time in this life and begin to know who they are to each other. Savitri meets her destined task when she meets her future husband.