Savitri
A Legend and a Symbol

Chapter 32The Descent of the Higher Powers · The Flow of Amrita

Book 13. Part Four: The Fundamental Realisations of · Section Four: The Spiritual Transformation

It [a flow of sweet liquid in the mouth] is a form of the flow of Ananda from above — when it takes a quite physical form the Yogins call it Amrita.

* Sudh¯a is nectar or Amrita, the food or drink of the gods. It is applied in Yoga to something that flows down from the Brah-marandhra into the palate when there is strong concentration. But this is psychological, so it must be the psychic sweetness flowing into the system.

Chapter Five

Descent and Other Kinds

of Experience