Shloka 12

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

यम उवाच पतिव्रतासि सावित्रि तथैव च तपो<न्विता । अतस्त्वामभिभाषामि विद्धि मां त्वं शुभे यमम्‌,यमराज बोले--सावित्री! तू पतिव्रता और तपस्विनी है, इसलिये मैं तुझसे वार्तालाप कर सकता हूँ। शुभे! तू मुझे यमराज जान

Transliteration

yama uvāca: pativratāsi sāvitrī tathaiva ca tapo'nvitā | atas tvām abhibhāṣāmi viddhi māṁ tvaṁ śubhe yamam ||

Translation

Yama said: “Sāvitrī, you are steadfast in wifely fidelity and equally endowed with ascetic power. Therefore I may speak with you. O auspicious one, know me to be Yama, the Lord of Death.”

Word by Word

यमःYama

उवाचsaid

पतिव्रताdevoted to her husband

असिyou are

सावित्रिO Savitri

तथाso, thus

एवindeed, just

चand

तपःausterity, penance

अन्विताendowed with

अतःtherefore

त्वाम्you

अभिभाषामिI address, speak to

विद्धिknow (you), understand

माम्me

त्वम्you

शुभेO auspicious one

यमम्Yama

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Sāvitrī

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes