इत्युक्त्वा जगतां धाता तत्र तस्थौ च संसदि
Having spoken thus, the creator of the worlds remained there in the assembly.
अनेन स्तवराजेन संस्तूयाश्वपतिर्नृपः
By this king of hymns, the lord of horses is praised, O king.
स्तवराजमिदं पुण्यं त्रिसन्ध्यायां च यः पठेत्
Whoever recites this auspicious king of hymns at the three junctions of the day—
नारायण उवाच ददर्श तत्र तां देवीं सहस्रार्कसमप्रभाम्
Nārāyaṇa said: There he saw the goddess, radiant like a thousand suns.
उवाच सा तं राजानं प्रसन्ना सस्मिता सती
She, pleased and smiling, spoke to that king.
सावित्र्युवाच वाञ्छितं तव पत्न्याश्च सर्वं दास्यामि निश्चितम्
Sāvitrī said: Whatever you and your wife desire, I will certainly grant all.
साध्वी कन्याभिलाषं च करोति तव कामिनी
Your beloved desires a virtuous maiden as well.
इत्युक्त्वा सा महादेवी ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ह
Having spoken thus, the great goddess departed for Brahma's world.
राज्ञो धनाच्च सावित्र्या बभूव कमला कला
From the king's wealth, by Sāvitrī's grace, Kamalā, the artful one, was born.
कालेन सा वर्द्धमाना बभूव च दिने दिने
In time, she grew day by day.
सा वरं वरयामास द्युमत्सेनात्मजं तदा
Then she chose the son of Dyumatsena as her husband.
राजा तस्मै ददौ तां च रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्
The king gave her to him, adorned with jewels and ornaments.
स च संवत्सरेऽतीते सत्यवान्सत्यविक्रमः 2.24.
After a year had passed, Satyavān, steadfast in truth and valor—
जगाम तत्र सावित्री तत्पश्चाद्दैवयोगतः
Sāvitrī went there, afterwards, by divine arrangement.
यमस्तज्जीवपुरुषं बद्ध्वाङ्गुष्ठसमं मुने
O sage, Yama bound that living soul, making it equal to the size of a thumb.
पश्चात्तां सुन्दरीं दृष्ट्वा यमः संयमिनीपतिः
Afterwards, seeing that beautiful woman, Yama, the lord of restraint,
यम उवाच यदि यास्यसि कान्तेन सार्धं देहं तदा त्यज
Yama said: If you wish to go together with your beloved, then abandon the body.
गन्तुं मर्त्त्यो न शक्नोति गृहीत्वा पाञ्चभौतिकम्
A mortal cannot depart while holding onto the body composed of the five elements.
पूर्णश्च भर्त्तुस्ते कालः ह्यभवद्भारते सति
The time allotted to your husband has become complete, indeed, while you remain in Bharata.
कर्मणा जायते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते
By action a creature is born, and by action alone it perishes.
स्वकर्मणा सर्वसिद्धिममरत्वं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
By one's own actions, one attains all accomplishments and immortality, certainly.
कर्मणा ब्राह्मणत्वं च मुक्तत्वं च स्वकर्मणा 2.24.
By action, one becomes a Brahmin, and by one's own actions, one attains liberation.
कर्मणा च मुनीन्द्रत्वं तपस्वित्वं च कर्मणा
By action, one becomes a great sage, and by action, one becomes an ascetic.
कर्मणा चैव शूद्रत्वमन्त्यजत्वं स्वकर्मणा
By action, one becomes a Shudra, and by one's own actions, one becomes of the lowest birth.
स्वकर्मणा च म्लेच्छत्वं लभते नात्र संशयः
By one's own actions, one attains the state of a foreigner; there is no doubt about this.
स्वकर्मणा च शैलत्वं वृक्षत्वं च स्वकर्मणा
By one's own actions, one becomes a mountain, and by one's own actions, one becomes a tree.
स्वकर्मणा क्षुद्रजन्तुः कृमित्वं च स्वकर्मणा
By one's own actions, one becomes a small creature, and by one's own actions, one becomes a worm.
स्वकर्मणा राक्षसत्वं किन्नरत्वं स्वकर्मणा
By one's own actions, one becomes a rakshasa, and by one's own actions, one becomes a kinnara.
स्वकर्मणा च प्रेतत्वं वेतालत्वं स्वकर्मणा
By one's own actions, one becomes a ghost, and by one's own actions, one becomes a vampire.
दैत्यत्वं दानवत्वं चाप्यसुरत्वं स्वकर्मणा
By one's own actions, one becomes a daitya, a danava, and indeed an asura.