Shloka 29

यक्षोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः

Entry into the Yakṣa-Lake Episode

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच स्थिरा बुद्धिर्नरश्रेष्ठ सावित्र्या दुहितुस्तव । नैषा वारयितुं शक्‍या धर्मादस्मात्‌ कथंचन,नारदजी बोले--नरश्रेष्ठ] आपकी पुत्री सावित्रीकी बुद्धि स्थिर है। इसे इस धर्ममार्गसे किसी तरह हटाया नहीं जा सकता

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | sthirā buddhir naraśreṣṭha sāvitr̥yā duhitur tava | naiṣā vārayituṁ śakyā dharmād asmāt kathaṁcana ||

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ನರಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ, ನಿನ್ನ ಮಗಳು ಸಾವಿತ್ರಿಯ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಧರ್ಮಮಾರ್ಗದಿಂದ ಅವಳನ್ನು ಯಾವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ತಡೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

स्थिराsteady, firm

बुद्धिःintellect, resolve

नरश्रेष्ठO best of men

सावित्र्याःof Savitri

दुहितुःof (your) daughter

तवof you, your

नnot

एषाthis (woman), she

वारयितुम्to restrain, to dissuade

शक्याpossible (to be done)

धर्मात्from dharma, from the righteous course

अस्मात्from this

कथंचनin any way, somehow (at all)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Savitri

Savitri's father (addressed as naraśreṣṭha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True commitment to dharma is marked by steadiness of buddhi (resolve). When one’s ethical discernment is firm, external persuasion cannot easily divert one from the righteous course.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada addresses Savitri’s father, affirming that Savitri’s determination is unshakable and that she will not be turned away from the dharmic path she has chosen.