Shloka 74

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

यावदशभ्यागता रौद्रा: पिशाच्यस्ता: सुदारुणा: । ददृशुस्तां त्रिजटया सहासीनां यथा पुरा,इतनेमें ही अत्यन्त क्रूर स्‍्वभाववाली वे भयंकर पिशाचिनियाँ रावणके दरबारसे वहाँ लौटकर आयीं। आकर उन्होंने देखा, सीता त्रिजटाके साथ पूर्ववत्‌ अपने स्थानपर बैठी है

Transliteration

yāvad aśabhyāgatā raudrāḥ piśācyas tāḥ sudāruṇāḥ | dadṛśus tāṃ trijaṭayā sahāsīnāṃ yathā purā ||

Translation

Just then those frightful, exceedingly cruel rākṣasī-women returned from Rāvaṇa’s court. On arriving, they saw Sītā seated in her place as before, with Trijaṭā beside her—steadfast and unshaken despite intimidation, upheld by the protection of a sympathetic companion.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; until; meanwhile
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• अशभ्यागताः: having returned from the assembly/court
• अशभ्यागताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशभ्यागत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• रौद्राः: fierce, cruel
• रौद्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पिशाच्यः: female goblins (piśācīs)
• पिशाच्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाची
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ताः: those (fem. pl.)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सुदारुणाः: very dreadful, extremely cruel
• सुदारुणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ददृशुः: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिजटया: with Trijaṭā
• त्रिजटया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिजटा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• आसीनाम्: seated; sitting
• आसीनाम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आसीन
• Form: Past active participle (kta/na), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पुरा: formerly; before
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Piśācinīs (rākṣasī women attendants)
• Rāvaṇa
• Sītā
• Trijaṭā
• Rāvaṇa’s court (darbar/sabhā)