This pair—the Presence and the Power—occurs on several occasions in Savitri, for instance when Aswapati the Yogi stood on being’s naked edge. “A presence he yearned for suddenly drew close.” He surrenders entirely to her, the being of wisdom, power and delight. He has the conviction that it is she who alone can remove the indignity of our mortal life, indignity of death; his spirit gets caught in her intolerant flame and he knows that the Power that lives upon the heights must act. In order that that happens, he identifies his will with her will in the oneness of her strength: A vast surrender becomes his only strength to accomplish whatever has to be accomplished.

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