ते चापि सर्वे राजानः क्षत्रियाः पुत्रपौत्रिणः। ख्यातास्त्वन्नामधेयाश्चभविष्यन्तीह शाश्वताः
All those kings, Kshatriyas with sons and grandsons, will be renowned, bearing your name, and will remain celebrated here forever.
पितुश्च ते पुत्रशतं भविता तव मातरि। मालव्यां मालवा नाम शाश्वताः पुत्रपौत्रिणः। भ्रातरस्ते भविष्यन्ति क्षत्रियास्त्रिदशोपमाः
Your father will have a hundred sons by your mother; in Malava, the Malavas by name, with sons and grandsons, will be your brothers, Kshatriyas equal to the gods.
एवं तस्यै वरं दत्त्वा धर्मराजः प्रतापवान्। निवर्तयित्वा सावित्रीं स्वमेव भवनं ययौ
Thus, having granted her the boon, the glorious Lord of Dharma, after sending Savitri back, returned to his own abode.
सावित्र्यपि यमे याते भर्तारं प्रतिलभ्य च। जगाम तत्र यत्रास्या भर्तुः शावं कलेवरम्
After Yama departed, Savitri, having regained her husband, went to the place where her husband's lifeless body lay.
सा भूमौ प्रेक्ष्यभर्तारमुपसृत्योपगृह्य च। उत्सङ्गे शिर आरोप्य भूमावुपविवेश ह
Seeing her husband on the ground, she approached and embraced him, placed his head on her lap, and sat down on the earth.
संज्ञां चस पुनर्लब्ध्वा सावित्रीमभ्यभाषत। प्रोष्यागत इव प्रेम्णा पुनःपुनरुदीक्ष्यवै
Regaining consciousness, Satyavan spoke to Savitri, gazing at her again and again with love, as one returned from a journey.
सुचिरं बत सुप्तोस्मि किमर्थं नावबोधितः। क्व चासौ पुरुषः श्यामो योसौ मां संचकर्षह
How long I have slept! Why was I not awakened? Where is that dark-hued man who dragged me away?
सुचिरं त्वंप्रसुप्तोसि ममाह्के पुरुषर्षभ। गतः स भगवान्देवः प्रजासंयमनो यमः
You have slept for a long time in my lap, O best of men. That divine lord, Yama, the restrainer of beings, has departed.
विश्रान्तोसि महाभाग विनिद्रश्च नृपात्मज। यदि शक्यं समुत्तिष्ठ विगाढां पश्य शर्वरीम्
You have rested, O greatly fortunate one, and are now free from sleep, prince. If you are able, rise and look upon this deep night.
उपलभ्यततः संज्ञां सुखसुप्त इवोत्थितः। दिशः सर्वा वनान्तांश्च निरीक्ष्योवाच सत्यवान्
Then, regaining consciousness, Satyavan rose as if from a pleasant sleep, looked in all directions and at the forest's edge, and spoke.
फलाहारोस्मि निष्क्रान्तस्वया सह सुमध्यमे। ततः पाटयतः काष्ठं शरिसो मे रुजाऽभवत्
I went out to gather fruits, O slender-waisted one, together with you. Then, as I was splitting wood, pain arose in my head.
शिरोभितापसंतप्तः स्थातुं चिरमशक्नुवन्। तवोत्सङ्गे प्रसुप्तोस्मि इति सर्वं स्मरे शुभे
Tormented by burning pain in my head, I could not stand for long. I remember everything, O auspicious one: I fell asleep in your lap.
त्वयोपगूढस्य च मे निद्रयाऽपहृतं मनः। ततोऽपश्यं तमो घोरं पुरुषं च महौजसम्
As you embraced me, sleep stole away my mind. Then I saw a dreadful darkness and a mighty, radiant man.
तद्यदि त्वं विजानासि किं तद्ब्रूहि सुमध्यमे। स्वप्नो मे यदिवा दृष्टो यदि वा सत्यमेव तत्
If you know what that was, O slender-waisted one, tell me: was it a dream I saw, or was it truly real?
तमुवाचाथ सावित्री रजनी व्यवगाहते। श्वस्ते सर्वंयथावृत्तमाख्यास्यामि नृपात्मज
Then Sāvitrī said to him, as the night deepened: 'At dawn, O prince, I will tell you everything as it happened.'
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते पितरौ पश्य सुव्रत। विगाढा रजनी चेयं निवृत्तश्च दिवाकरः
Rise, rise, blessings to you! See your parents, O steadfast one. The night is deep, and the sun has set.
नक्तंचराश्चरन्त्येते हृष्टाः क्रूराभिभाषिणः। श्रूयन्ते पर्णशब्दाश्च मृगाणां चरतां वने
Now the night-wanderers roam, delighted and speaking harshly. The sounds of leaves and the movement of deer in the forest are heard.
एता घोरं शिवा नादान्दिशं दक्षिणपश्चिमाम्। आस्थाय विरुवन्त्युग्राः कम्पयन्त्यो मनो मम
Those fierce ones, making dreadful and inauspicious sounds, are howling from the southwest, shaking my heart.
वनं प्रतिभयाकारं घनेन तमसा वृतम्। न विज्ञास्यसि पन्थानं गन्तुं चैव न शक्ष्यसि
The forest, covered in dense darkness, appears frightening. You will not recognize the path, nor will you be able to go.
अस्मिन्न वने दग्धे शुष्कवृक्षः स्थितो ज्वलन्। वायुना धम्यमानोत्र दृश्यतेऽग्निः क्वचित्क्वचित्
In this forest, dry trees stand as if burned, and here and there, fire is seen, fanned by the wind.
ततोऽग्निमानयित्वेह ज्वालयिप्यामि सर्वतः। काष्ठानीमानि सन्तीह जहि संतापमात्मनः
Therefore, I will bring fire here and light it all around. There is wood here—cast off your distress.
यदि नोत्सहसे गन्तुं सरुजं त्वां हि लक्षये। न च ज्ञास्यसि पन्थानं तमसा संवृते वने
If you are unable to go, for I see you are still in pain, you will not recognize the path in this darkness-covered forest.
श्वः प्रभाते वने दृश्ये यास्यावोऽनुमते तव। वसावेह क्षपामेकां रुचितं यदि तेऽनघ
At dawn, when the forest is visible, we will go, if you agree. Let us spend this one night here, if it pleases you, O blameless one.
शिरोरुजा निवृत्ता मे स्वस्थान्यङ्गानि लक्षये। मातापितृभ्यामिच्छामि संयोगं त्वत्प्रसादजम्
The pain in my head is gone; I feel my limbs are well. I wish, by your grace, to be reunited with my mother and father.
न कदाचिद्विकाले हि गतपूर्वोहमाश्रमात्। अनागतायां सन्ध्यायां माता मे प्ररुणद्धि माम्
I have never before left the hermitage at an improper time; my mother restrains me when the twilight has not yet arrived.
दिवाऽपिमयि निष्क्रान्ते सन्तप्येते गुरू मम। विचिनोति हि मां तातः सहैवाश्रमवासिभिः
Even during the day, when I go out, my elders grieve; my father searches for me together with the hermitage dwellers.
मात्रा पित्रा च सुभृशं दुःखिताभ्यामहं पुरा। उपालब्धश्च बहुशश्चिरेणागच्छसीति हि
In the past, I was deeply reproached by my sorrowful mother and father, who often scolded me for returning late.
कात्ववस्था तयोरद्य मदर्थमिति चिन्तये। तयोरदृश्ये मयि च महद्दुःखं भविष्यति
I wonder what condition they are in today because of me; if they do not see me, great sorrow will befall them.
पुरा मामूचतुश्चैव रात्रावस्रायमाणकौ। भृशं सुदुःखितौ वृद्धौ बहुशः प्रीतिसंयुतौ
In the past, during the night, my aged parents, overwhelmed with grief yet full of affection, spoke to me.
त्वया हीनौ न जीवाव मुहूर्तमपि पुत्रक। यावद्धरिष्यसे पुत्र तावन्नौ जीवितं ध्रुवम्
Without you, dear son, we cannot live even for a moment; as long as you remain, our lives are assured.