Savitri
A Legend and a Symbol

Chapter 4Undated

Book 8. August

“Truth is

within

men’s

reach, but they care nothing about Truth.”

* * * You have something to say?

What is happening right now?

(Mother sits with her eyes closed,

tries several times to speak, then

goes back within until the end)

You have nothing else to say?

How do you see that pact?76

(Mother shakes her hands vigorously,

then after a silence)

It’s as if you asked me, “What will it take for humanity to become disgusted with its falsehood?”

It’s terrible!

(long silence)

There is only ONE remedy – there is only ONE remedy – to rely only on the Divine Grace.

(Mother takes Satprem’s hands)

The only remedy: to put oneself entirely in the hands of the Divine Grace.

(Sometime in August the message that follows was circulated in the Ashram and Auroville, and 76The Indo-Russian pact which has just been signed in Delhi by Gromyko and Swaran Singh. This is also the time of