Shloka 19

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

सावित्री त्वाह भर्तरं नैकस्त्वं गन्तुमहसि । सह त्वया गमिष्यामि न हि त्वां हातुमुत्सहे,उस समय सावित्रीने अपने पतिसे कहा--नाथ! आप अकेले न जाइये। मैं भी आपके साथ चलूँगी। आज मैं आपको अकेला नहीं छोड़ सकती

Transliteration

sāvitrī tv āha bhartāraṃ naikastvaṃ gantum arhasi | saha tvayā gamiṣyāmi na hi tvāṃ hātum utsahe ||

Translation

Sāvitrī said to her husband: “You should not go alone. I will go with you. I do not have the strength to leave you by yourself.” In the narrative, her words express steadfast marital fidelity and a dharmic resolve to share her husband’s path and peril rather than seek personal safety apart from him.

Word by Word

सावित्रीSavitri

त्वाyou

आहsaid

भर्तरम्husband

नnot

एकःalone

त्वम्you

गन्तुम्to go

अर्हसिought/should

सहtogether with

त्वयाwith you

गमिष्यामिI shall go

नnot

हिindeed/for

त्वाम्you

हातुम्to abandon/leave

उत्सहेI am able/dare

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sāvitrī

her husband (Satyavān, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes