The tale of Satyavan and Savitri is recited in the Mahabharata as a story of
conjugal love conquering death.But the legend is,as shown by many features of
the human tale,one of the many symbolic myths of the Vedic cycle,Satyavan is the
soul carrying the divine truth of being within itself but descended into the
grip of death and ignorance:Savitri is the Divine Word,daughter of the
Sun,goddess of the supreme Truth who comes down and is born to save:Aswapati,the
Lord of the Horse,her human father,is the Lord of Tapasya,the concentrated
energy of spiritual endeavour that helps us to rise from the mortal to the
immortal planes:Dyumatsena,Lord of the