Shloka 71
Devanagari script
नान्निर्दहति काष्ठानि सावित्री यत्र पठ्यते । न तत्र बालो प्रियते न च तिष्ठन्ति पन्नगा:
Transliteration
nānnirdahati kāṣṭhāni sāvitryā yatra paṭhyate | na tatra bālo priyate na ca tiṣṭhanti pannagāḥ ||
Translation
नाग्निर्दहति काष्ठानि सावित्री यत्र पठ्यते । न तत्र बालो म्रियते न च तिष्ठन्ति पन्नगाः ॥
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अग्निःfire
अग्निः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निर्दहतिburns up
निर्दहति:
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्दह् (नि + दह्)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active
काष्ठानिpieces of wood / wooden (things)
काष्ठानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
सावित्रीSāvitrī (Gāyatrī-mantra)
सावित्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसावित्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
पठ्यतेis recited
पठ्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootपठ्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
बालःa child
बालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रियतेperishes / comes to harm
प्रियते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्री (प्रीयते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Middle
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तिष्ठन्तिstay / remain
तिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (तिष्ठति)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Active
पन्नगाःsnakes
पन्नगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपन्नग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaS
Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī mantra)F
fireW
wood (kāṣṭha)C
child (bāla)S
serpents (pannaga)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.