Shloka 21

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

सावित्रयुवाच उपवासान्न मे ग्लानिर्नास्ति चापि परिश्रम: । गमने च कृतोत्साहां प्रतिषेद्धुं न माहसि

Transliteration

sāvitry uvāca upavāsān na me glānir nāsti cāpi pariśramaḥ | gamane ca kṛtotsāhāṃ pratiṣeddhuṃ na mārhasi ||

Translation

قالت سافيتري: «لم يجعلني الصيام واهنة، ولا أنا مُجهَدة. لقد عزمتُ واستعددتُ للمسير؛ فلا ينبغي لك أن تمنعني.»

Word by Word

सावित्रीSavitri

उवाचsaid

उपवासात्from fasting / due to fasting

नnot

मेof me / my

ग्लानिःweariness, fatigue

नnot

अस्तिis

चand

अपिalso, even

परिश्रमःexertion, strain

गमनेin going / in the journey

चand

कृतोत्साहाम्one who has mustered resolve / prepared with effort

प्रतिषेद्धुम्to prevent, to forbid

नnot

माहसिyou should (not) / do not be fit to

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sāvitrī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steadfastness in dharma is shown through disciplined endurance and clear resolve: Sāvitrī asserts that austerity (fasting) has not weakened her and that a righteous, determined purpose should not be obstructed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration of the Sāvitrī–Satyavān episode, Sāvitrī responds to an attempt to stop her from accompanying the journey. She insists she is neither faint nor fatigued from fasting and asks that she not be forbidden to go.