The previous cycle has been blotted out. In that oblivion the crowded records of the past have been completely lost. All that old experience has to be gained once again. The sense may have awakened, the thought may have risen, but all of the old achievement has been wiped out. To revive it is a formidable task, but not impossible, for,

All can be done if the God-touch is there.

However impossible, however challenging a task may appear, it is so only to the human eye, only to human effort. If the will of God is there, Grace is there, all can be achieved.

This line is what we would call an epigram. There are hundreds of epigrams in Savitri, single-line epigrams. An epigram is a pithy saying in a sentence or a line summing up a profound message, a deep wisdom. I remember, some years ago those of us who were studying Savitri here, collected about 300 of these epigrams, it was issued as Epigrams in Savitri. And this is the first epigram in the poem. Nothing is impossible. It is only when we depend upon ourselves that things are difficult. But if we invoke the Grace and link ourselves to it, the situation changes. So leave out nothing simply because it appears impossible; call in the help of God.

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