Shloka 10
Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)
एतेन नियमेनासीद् वर्षाण्यष्टादशैव तु । पूर्णे त्वष्टादशे वर्षे सावित्री तुष्टिमभ्यगात्,उनको इस नियमसे रहते हुए अठारह वर्ष बीत गये। अठारहवाँ वर्ष पूर्ण होनेपर सावित्रीदेवी संतुष्ट हुईं
etena niyamenāsīd varṣāṇy aṣṭādaśaiva tu | pūrṇe tv aṣṭādaśe varṣe sāvitrī tuṣṭim abhyagāt |
قال يودهيشثيرا: «بالمواظبة على هذا النُّسك بعينه مضت ثماني عشرة سنة. فلما اكتملت السنة الثامنة عشرة رضيت الإلهة سافيتري.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady adherence to a prescribed discipline (niyama) over time bears fruit; divine approval is portrayed as arising from sustained, faithful observance rather than haste or mere intention.
Yudhiṣṭhira reports that a particular observance was maintained for eighteen years, and upon the completion of the eighteenth year the goddess Sāvitrī became pleased—signaling the successful culmination of the practice and the gaining of divine favor.