मार्कण्डेय उवाच
उभाभ्याम् अभ्यनुज्ञाता सा जगाम यशस्विनी ॥
सह भर्त्रा हसन्तीव हृदयेन विदूयता ॥
सा वनानि विचित्राणि रमणीयानि सर्वशः ॥
मयूररवघुष्टानि ददर्श विपुलेक्षणा ॥
नदीः पुण्यवहाश् चैव पुष्पितांश् च नगोत्तमान् ॥
सत्यवान् आह पश्येति सावित्रीं मधुराक्षरम् ॥
निरीक्षमाणा भर्तारं सर्वावस्थम् अनिन्दिता ॥
मृतम् एव हि तं मेने काले मुनिवचः स्मरन् ॥
अनुवर्तती तु भर्तारं जगाम मृदुगामिनी ॥
द्विधेव हृदयं कृत्वा तं च कालम् अवेक्षती ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
ubhābhyām abhyanujñātā sā jagāma yaśasvinī ||
saha bhartrā hasantīva hṛdayena vidūyatā ||
sā vanāni vicitrāṇi ramaṇīyāni sarvaśaḥ ||
mayūraravaghuṣṭāni dadarśa vipulekṣaṇā ||
nadīḥ puṇyavahāś caiva puṣpitāṃś ca nagottamān ||
satyavān āha paśyeti sāvitrīṃ madhurākṣaram ||
nirīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ sarvāvastham aninditā ||
mṛtam eva hi taṃ mene kāle munivacaḥ smaran ||
anuvartatī tu bhartāraṃ jagāma mṛdugāminī ||
dvidheva hṛdayaṃ kṛtvā taṃ ca kālam avekṣatī ||
Having received permission from both, the glorious Savitri went with her husband, as if smiling, though her heart was tormented. Wide-eyed, she beheld the varied and beautiful forests all around, ringing with the cries of peacocks, the sacred rivers, and the flowering trees. Satyavan said to her sweetly, "Look." But the blameless one, gazing upon her husband in every state, already reckoned him as dead, remembering the appointed time and the sage's word. Following her husband, the gently walking Savitri went on, her heart as if split in two, watching for that hour.
880d1b937f63 · published Jul 16, 2026, 5:32:14 PM UTC
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The beauty of the forest and Satyavan's tenderness deepen the tragic waiting. Savitri walks between visible life and the knowledge of imminent death, forsaking neither love nor resolve.