Shloka 8

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

निषेव्य वारि पम्पायास्तर्पयित्वा पितृनपि । प्रतस्थतुरुभौ वीरौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ,उन्होंने पम्पासरोवरके जलमें स्नान करके पितरोंका तर्पण किया। फिर उन दोनों वीर भ्राता श्रीराम और लक्ष्मणने वहाँसे प्रस्थान किया

Transliteration

niṣevya vāri pampāyās tarpayitvā pitṝn api | pratasthatur ubhau vīrau bhrātarau rāma-lakṣmaṇau ||

Translation

Having bathed in the waters of Lake Pampā and having also offered libations to the ancestors, the two heroic brothers—Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa—set out from that place. The verse underscores the ethic of beginning one’s journey only after completing purificatory rites and one’s obligations to the departed, aligning action with dharma.

Word by Word

निषेव्यhaving resorted to / having used

वारिwater

पम्पायाःof (the lake/river) Pampā

तर्पयित्वाhaving satisfied / having offered oblations

पितॄन्the ancestors (manes)

अपिalso

प्रतस्थतुःset out / departed

उभौboth

वीरौheroes

भ्रातरौtwo brothers

रामलक्ष्मणौRāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Pampā (lake)

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

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?

The verse highlights dharmic conduct: before proceeding with worldly aims, one should perform purification and fulfill obligations to the ancestors (pitṛ-tarpaṇa), making action ethically grounded and ritually auspicious.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa bathe in Lake Pampā, offer libations to the ancestors, and then depart together from that place.