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.

What we are physically is a soul asleep in matter, partially wakened, of a body pervaded by external consciousness, attentive to outward impacts of the external world ...in which we try to develop our conscious being.

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