Shloka 48
सावित्री-यमसंवादः
Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān
खादाम पाटयामैनां तिलश: प्रविभज्य ताम् | येयं भर्तारमस्माकमवमन्येह जीवति,“अरी! यह हमारे स्वामीकी अवहेलना करके अबतक यहाँ जीवित कैसे है? हम इसे चीर डालें। इसे तिल-तिल काटकर खा जाया
khādāma pāṭayāmaināṃ tilaśaḥ pravibhajya tām | yeyam bhartāram asmākam avamanyeha jīvati ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Let us eat her. Tear her apart, divide her into tiny pieces. How is this woman still alive here after showing contempt for our lord? Come—split her open; cut her bit by bit and devour her.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked loyalty mixed with anger can turn into extreme cruelty; it implicitly warns that perceived insult to authority can provoke disproportionate, adharma-driven violence.
A group (speaking collectively) expresses murderous rage toward a woman, accusing her of disrespecting their lord, and urges that she be torn into pieces and eaten—an escalation that signals a morally charged, violent episode being recounted by Mārkaṇḍeya.