“Fate had followed her foreseen immutable road,” the long immutable road, the long immutable road of Fate as well as of Savitri. Things had converged at the destined place and the hour also arrived when what was foreseen had to happen. Anxious Gods and Goddesses were present in the forest sky to witness the victory of Savitri over Death, a victory they were waiting for since the arrival of Life upon Earth. Death was the dark response to the gifts she had brought to this creation, and she was unable to live in her full majesty and glory in the wideness of the Spirit’s possibilities. “Twelve passionate months led in a day of fate” and now the hour had come when Satyavan must die, the long awaited. That was the only way by which inexorable fate could be changed.

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