एवमेतद्यथा वेत्थ संकल्पो नान्यथा हि वः। न हि किंचिद्रहस्यं मे श्रूयतां तथ्यमेव यत्
It is indeed as you think; my resolve is not otherwise. I have no secret—listen to the truth as it is.
मृत्युर्मे पत्युराख्यातो नारदेन महात्मना। स चाद्य दिवसः प्राप्तस्ततो नैनं जहाम्यहम्
The death of my husband was foretold to me by the great sage Narada; and that very day had arrived, so I did not abandon him.
सुप्तं चैनं साक्षादुपागच्छत्सकिंकरः। स एनमनयद्बद्ध्वा दिशं पितृनिषेविताम्
As he slept, a servant of Death himself approached; binding him, he led him away toward the region frequented by the ancestors.
अस्तौषं तमहं देवं सत्येन वचसा विभुम्। पञ्च वै तेन मे दत्ता वराः शृणुत तान्मम
I praised that divine being with truthful words; and by him, five boons were granted to me—hear them from me.
चक्षुषी च स्वराज्यंच द्वौ वरौ श्वशुरस्य मे। लब्धं पितुः पुत्रशतं पुत्राणां चात्मनः शतम्
Sight and sovereignty—these two boons were for my father-in-law; a hundred sons for my father, and a hundred sons for myself.
चतुर्वर्षशतायुर्मे भर्ता लब्धश्च सत्यवान्। भर्तुर्हि जीवितार्थं तु मया चीर्णं त्विदं व्रतम्
A lifespan of four hundred years was granted to my husband Satyavan; and for the sake of my husband's life, I performed this vow.
एतत्सर्वं मयाऽऽख्यातं कारणं विस्तरण वः। यथावृत्तं सुखोदर्कमिदं दुःखं महन्मम
All this, the cause and its full unfolding, I have told you; as it happened, this sorrow of mine, which has brought forth happiness.
निमज्ज्मानं व्यसनैरभिद्रुतं कुलं नरन्द्रस्य तमोमये ह्रदे। त्वया सुशीलव्रतपुण्यया कुलं रसमुद्धृतं साध्वि पुनः कुलीनया
Immersed and afflicted by misfortune, the royal lineage was plunged in a darkness-filled abyss; but you, O virtuous and pure lady, through your conduct and merit, have lifted the lineage, noble one, once again.
तथा प्रशस्य ह्यभिपूज्य चैव वरस्त्रियं तामृषयः समागताः। नरेन्द्रमामन्त्र्य सपुत्रभञ्जसा शिवेन रजग्मुर्मुदिताः स्वमालयम्
Thus, praised and honored, the sages who had gathered, esteemed her as an excellent woman; after bidding farewell to the king, his sons, and grandsons, they joyfully returned to their own hermitages.
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायामुदिते सूर्यमण्डले। कृतपौर्वाह्णिकाः सर्वे समेयुस्ते तपोधनाः
When that night had passed and the sun had risen, all the ascetics, having performed their morning rites, assembled together.
तदेव सर्वं सावित्र्या महाभाग्यं महर्षयः। द्युम्सेनाय नातृप्यन्कथयन्तः पुनः पुनः
Those great sages, repeatedly recounted to Dyumatsena the entire story of Savitri's great fortune, never tiring of it.
ततः प्रकृतयः सर्वाः साल्वेभ्योऽभ्यागा नृपम्। आचख्युर्निहतं चैव स्वेनामात्येन तं द्विषम्
Then all the people of the Salva region approached the king and reported that his enemy had been slain by his own minister.
तं मन्त्रिणा हतं प्रोच्य ससहायं सबान्धवम्। न्यवेदयन्यथावृत्तं विद्रुतं च द्विषद्बलम्
Having announced that the minister had killed the enemy, along with his allies and kinsmen, they informed him of all that had happened and that the enemy's forces had fled.
ऐकमत्यं च सर्वस्य जनस्य स्वं नृपं प्रति। सचक्षुर्वाऽप्यचक्षुर्वा स नो राजा भवत्विति
They declared the unanimous will of all the people toward their king: 'Whether he has sight or not, let him be our ruler.'
अनेन निश्चयेनेह वयं प्रस्थापिता नृप। प्राप्तानीमानि यानानि चतुरङ्गं च ते बलम्
With this resolve, O king, we have come here; now these vehicles and your fourfold army have arrived for you.
प्रयाहि राजन्भद्रं ते घुष्टस्ते नगरे जयः। अध्यास्स्व चिररात्राय पितृपैतामहं पदम्
Go forth, O king, may auspiciousness be yours; let the proclamation of victory resound in the city; occupy the ancestral throne for a long reign.
चक्षुष्मन्तं च तं दृष्ट्वा राजानं वपुषाऽन्वितम्। मूर्ध्ना निपतिताः सर्वेविस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः
Seeing the king, endowed with sight and form, all fell prostrate with their heads, their eyes wide with astonishment.
तोऽभिवाद्य तान्वृद्धान्द्विजानाश्रमवासिनः। तैश्चाभिपूजितः सर्वैः प्रययौ नगरं प्रति
He greeted the elders, the Brahmins, and the hermitage dwellers; honored by them all, he proceeded toward the city.
शैव्या च सह सावित्र्या स्वास्तीर्णेन सुवर्चसा। नरयुक्तेन यानेन प्रययौ सेनया वृता
Together with Savitri and Shaivya, radiant and blessed, he departed in a chariot drawn by noble horses, surrounded by his army.
ततोऽभिषिषिचुः प्रीत्या द्युमत्सेनं पुरोहिताः। पुत्रं चास्य महात्मानं यौवराज्येऽभ्यषेचयन्
Then, with joy, the priests anointed Dyumatsena as king; and his noble son was consecrated as crown prince.
ततः कालेन महता सावित्र्याः कीर्तिवर्धनम्। तद्वै पुत्रशतं जज्ञे शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्
Then, in due course, Savitri gave birth to a hundred sons, renowned for increasing her fame, all valiant and steadfast.
भ्रातृणां सोदराणां च तथैवास्याभवच्छतम्। मद्राधिपस्याश्वपतेर्मालव्यां सुमहाबलम्
Likewise, she had a hundred brothers and sisters, born to the lord of Madra, the horse-master, in Malava, all of great strength.
एवमात्मा पिता माता श्वश्रूः श्वशुर एव च। भर्तुः कुलं च सावित्र्या सर्वं कृच्छ्रात्समुद्धृतं
Thus, Savitri rescued, with great effort, her own self, father, mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, and her husband's lineage.
तथैवैषा हि कल्याणी द्रौपदी शीलसंमता। तारयिष्यति वः सर्वान्सावित्रीव कुलाङ्गना
In the same way, this blessed Draupadi, esteemed for her virtue, will deliver you all, like Savitri, the noble woman of her lineage.
एवं स पाण्डवस्तेन अनुनीतो महात्मना। विशोको विज्वरो राजन्काम्यके न्यवसत्तदा
Thus, O King, having been consoled by that great-souled one, the son of Pandu became free from sorrow and fever, and dwelled at Kamyaka then.
यश्चेदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या सावित्र्याख्यानमुत्तमम्। स सुखी सर्वसिद्धार्थो न दुःखं प्राप्नुयान्नरः
Whoever listens with devotion to this excellent account called the story of Savitri, that man attains happiness and all accomplishments, and does not encounter suffering.
यत्तत्तदा महद्ब्रह्मँल्लोमशो वाक्यमब्रवीत्। इन्द्रस्य वचनादेव पाण्डुपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्
That which the sage Lomasha spoke then, O son of Pandu, to Yudhishthira, was the great teaching of Brahma, coming from the words of Indra.
यच्चापि ते भयं तीव्रं न च कीर्तयसे क्वचित्। तच्चाप्यपहरिष्यामि धनंजय इतो गते
And that intense fear which you never mention anywhere, I will also remove, once Dhananjaya has departed from here.
किंनु रतज्जपतांश्रेष्ठ कर्णं प्रति महद्भयम्। आसीन्न च स धर्मात्मा कथयामास कस्यचित्
What indeed was that great fear regarding Karna, O best of those who recite mantras, which that righteous one did not reveal to anyone?
अहं ते राजशार्दूल कथयामि कथामिमाम्। पृच्छतो भरतश्रेष्ठ शुश्रूषस्व गिरं मम
O tiger among kings, I will tell you this story as you ask, O best of the Bharatas; listen attentively to my words.