Shloka 17

Dharma-pratyabhijñāna and Vara-pradāna (धर्मप्रत्यभिज्ञानम्—वरप्रदानम्)

Devanagari script

सावित्रयुवाच अस्तं गते मया55दित्ये भोक्तव्यं कृतकामया । एष मे हृदि संकल्प: समयश्न कृतो मया,सावित्री बोली--सूर्यास्त होनेपर जब मेरा मनोरथ पूर्ण हो जायगा तभी मैं भोजन करूँगी। यह मेरे मनका संकल्प है और मैंने ऐसा करनेकी प्रतिज्ञा कर ली है

Transliteration

sāvitrī uvāca: astaṃ gate mayāditye bhoktavyaṃ kṛtakāmayā | eṣa me hṛdi saṅkalpaḥ samayaś ca kṛto mayā ||

Translation

Sāvitrī disse: “Quando o sol se puser e o meu propósito estiver cumprido, só então comerei. Esta é a resolução que trago no coração, e a ela me vinculei por um voto solene.”

Word by Word

• {'sāvitrī uvāca': 'Sāvitrī said', 'astaṃ gate': 'when (the sun) has gone to setting

• at sunset', 'mayā': 'by me', 'āditye': 'the Sun (Āditya)

• locative, ‘with respect to the sun’', 'bhoktavyam': 'is to be eaten

• I must eat (only then)', 'kṛta-kāmayā': 'by one whose desire/aim is accomplished

• having fulfilled the intended purpose', 'eṣaḥ': 'this', 'me': 'my', 'hṛdi': 'in (my) heart', 'saṅkalpaḥ': 'resolve, firm intention', 'samayaḥ': 'agreement, vow, pledged condition', 'ca': 'and', 'kṛtaḥ': 'made, undertaken', 'mayā (repeated)': 'by me (emphatic repetition)'}

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Āditya (the Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma through steadfastness: a person should hold firmly to a righteous resolve (saṅkalpa) and honor a vow (samaya), practicing self-restraint until the intended duty is fulfilled.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration of Sāvitrī’s story, Sāvitrī declares her determination to fast and not eat until sunset, linking her meal to the completion of her purpose and emphasizing the seriousness of her pledged vow.