Shloka 26
पराशरस्य राक्षससत्रनिवृत्तिः | Paraśara’s Rakṣasa-Satra and Its Cessation
अहं हि तपती नाम साविनत्र्यवरजा सुता । अस्य लोकप्रदीपस्य सवितु: क्षत्रियर्षभ,क्षत्रियशिरोमणे! मैं इन्हीं अखिलभुवनभास्कर भगवान् सविताकी पुत्री और सावित्रीकी छोटी बहिन हूँ। मेरा नाम तपती है
ahaṁ hi tapatī nāma sāvinatry-avarajā sutā | asya loka-pradīpasya savituḥ kṣatriyarṣabha kṣatriya-śiromaṇe ||
Der Gandharva sprach: „Wahrlich, ich heiße Tapatī, die jüngere Tochter der Sāvinatrī. O Stier unter den Kṣatriyas, Kronjuwel der Krieger! Ich bin die Tochter Savitṛs, der Sonne—der Leuchte dieser Welt.“
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the importance of truthful self-identification and lineage in dharmic society: one’s duties, alliances, and marriage suitability are assessed through clear declaration of name, parentage, and status, here elevated by divine descent from Savitṛ.
A Gandharva speaks in the voice of Tapati, introducing her to a kṣatriya hero with honorifics, stating her name and that she is the younger daughter of Sāvinatrī and the daughter of Savitṛ, the Sun, described as the ‘lamp of the world.’