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.
वृद्धयोरन्धयोर्दृष्टिस्त्वयि वंशः प्रतिष्ठिः। त्वयि पिण्डश्च कीर्तिश्च सन्तानश्चावयोरिति
For the two aged and blind ones, you are their sight, the foundation of their lineage, their offering, their fame, and their continuation.
माता वृद्धा पिता वृद्धस्तयोर्यष्टिरहं किल। तौ रात्रौ मामपश्यन्तौ कामवस्थां गमिष्यतः
My mother and father are old, and I am their support; if they do not see me at night, they will fall into a pitiable state.
निद्रायाश्चाभ्यसूयामि यस्या हेतोः पिता मम। माता च संशयं प्राप्ता मत्कृतेऽनपकारिणी
I resent sleep, because of which my father and my blameless mother have become anxious on my account.
अहं च संशयं प्राप्तः कृच्छ्रामापदमास्थितः। मातापितृभ्यां हि विना नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे
I too have become anxious and have fallen into great distress; without my mother and father, I cannot bear to live.
व्यक्तमाकुलया बुद्ध्या प्रज्ञाचक्षुः पिता मम। एकैकमस्यां वेलायां पृच्छत्याश्रमवासिनम्
Clearly, with a troubled mind, my wise father asks each hermitage dweller about me at this very hour.
नात्मानमनुशोचामि यथाऽहंपितरं शुभे। भर्तारं चाप्यनुगतां मातरं भृशदुःखिताम्
I do not grieve for myself as much as I do for my father, and for my mother, who follows her husband and is deeply afflicted.
मत्कृते न हि तावद्य सन्तापं परमेष्यतः। जीवन्तावनुजीवामि भर्तव्यौ तौ मयेति ह
I do not wish for them to suffer on my account; as long as they live, I will live to support them.
तयोः प्रियं मे कर्व्यमिति जीवामि चाप्यहम्। `परमं दैवतं तौ मे पूजनीयौ सदा मया। तयोस्तु मे सदाऽस्त्येवं व्रतमेतत्पुरातनम्
I live to do what pleases them; they are my highest divinity and must always be worshipped by me; this has ever been my ancient vow regarding them.
एवमुक्त्वा स धर्मात्मा गुरुभक्तो गुरुप्रियः। उच्छ्रित्य बाहू दुःखार्तः सुस्वरं प्ररुरोद ह
Having spoken thus, that righteous soul, devoted to and beloved by his elders, raised his arms in anguish and cried out in a clear voice.
ततोऽब्रवीत्तथा दृष्ट्वाभर्तारं शोककर्शितम्। प्रमृज्याश्रूणि पाणिभ्यां सावित्री धर्मचारिणी
Then, seeing her husband consumed by grief, Savitri, righteous in conduct, wiped his tears with her hands and spoke.