Shloka 61

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

Devanagari script

एवं तस्यै वरं दत्त्वा धर्मराज: प्रतापवान्‌ । निवर्तयित्वा सावित्रीं सस्‍्वमेव भवनं ययौ,सावित्रीको इस प्रकार वरदान दे प्रतापी धर्मराज उसे लौटाकर अपने लोकको चले गये

Transliteration

evaṁ tasyai varaṁ dattvā dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān | nivartayitvā sāvitrīṁ sa svam eva bhavanaṁ yayau ||

Translation

Thus, after granting Savitrī the boon, the mighty Dharmarāja (Yama) caused her to turn back from following him and then departed to his own abode. The episode underscores that steadfast virtue and truthful, dharma-aligned speech can move even the lord of justice to show grace, while the cosmic order is preserved through a lawful boon rather than arbitrary reversal.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, dative, singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-king (Yama)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निवर्तयित्वा: having turned back (caused to return)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत् (निवर्तते) / causative: निवर्तयति
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, causative

• सावित्रीम्: Savitri
• सावित्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भवनम्: abode, house
• भवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ययौ: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, active

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yama (Dharmarāja)
• Sāvitrī
• vara (boon)
• bhavana (abode/realm of Yama)