Shloka 71
नान्निर्दहति काष्ठानि सावित्री यत्र पठ्यते । न तत्र बालो प्रियते न च तिष्ठन्ति पन्नगा:
nānnirdahati kāṣṭhāni sāvitryā yatra paṭhyate | na tatra bālo priyate na ca tiṣṭhanti pannagāḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「サーヴィトリー（ガーヤトリー）が誦されるところでは、火は木の造作を焼き尽くさない。そこでは幼子の死は起こらず、蛇もまた留まらない。」この偈は、規律ある聖なる誦持に帰せられる護りと浄化の力を讃え、家と共同体の安寧を守るダルマの護符として示している。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular recitation of the Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī is praised as a dharmic practice that purifies the home and is believed to confer protection—symbolically and ritually—against calamities such as fire, untimely death of children, and harmful creatures.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on duties and meritorious practices. Here he highlights the potency of the Sāvitrī recitation, describing auspicious results that follow where it is regularly performed.