Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यश्चेदं शुणुयाद्‌ भक्त्या सावित्र्याख्यानमुत्तमम्‌ । स सुखी सर्वसिद्धार्थों न दु:खं प्राप्तुयान्नर:,जो इस परम उत्तम सावित्री-उपाख्यानको भक्तिभावसे सुनेगा, वह मनुष्य सदा अपने समस्त मनोरथोंके सिद्ध होनेसे सुखी होगा और कभी दुःख नहीं पायेगा

Transliteration

yaś cedaṁ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā sāvitrī-ākhyānam uttamam | sa sukhī sarva-siddhārtho na duḥkhaṁ prāptuyān naraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Whoever listens with devotion to this supremely excellent account of Sāvitrī will live happily, with all aims fulfilled, and will not fall into sorrow.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

चand

इदम्this

शृणुयात्should hear / would listen

भक्त्याwith devotion

सावित्री-आख्यानम्the narrative of Sāvitrī

उत्तमम्excellent, supreme

सःhe

सुखीhappy

सर्व-सिद्धार्थःone whose aims are all accomplished

नnot

दुःखम्sorrow, suffering

प्राप्नुयात्should attain / would meet (with)

नरःman, person

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sāvitrī (narrative)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotional listening (bhakti-yukta śravaṇa) to a dharmic exemplar-narrative like Sāvitrī’s is presented as spiritually efficacious: it brings fulfillment of rightful aims and protects the listener from sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse functions as a phalaśruti (statement of benefit) concluding or framing the Sāvitrī-upākhyāna, declaring the auspicious results for anyone who hears the story with devotion.