Shloka 28

Sāvitrī–Satyavān Vivāha: Kanyāpradāna and Āśrama-Śīla (सावित्री-सत्यवान्विवाहः)

Devanagari script

पतेयं गिरिशृज्भाद्‌ वा विशेयं वा हुताशनम्‌ | रामं भर्तारमुत्सज्य न त्वहं त्वां कथंचन

Transliteration

pateyaṁ giriśṛṅgād vā viśeyaṁ vā hutāśanam | rāmaṁ bhartāram utsṛjya na tv ahaṁ tvāṁ kathaṁcana ||

Translation

Markandeya said: “I would rather fall from a mountain peak, or enter the blazing fire; but having abandoned Rama, my husband, I will not accept you—under any circumstance.”

Word by Word

• पतेयम्: may I fall
• पतेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गिरिशृङ्गात्: from a mountain-peak
• गिरिशृङ्गात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिशृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• विशेयम्: may I enter
• विशेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• हुताशनम्: fire (the eater of oblations)
• हुताशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्सृज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active sense

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• giriśṛṅga (mountain peak)
• hutāśana (fire)