Shloka 107

Devanagari script

वामे स्कन्धे तु वामोरूर्भततुर्बाहुं निवेश्य च । दक्षिणेन परिष्वज्य जगाम गजगामिनी,कमनीय ऊरुओंसे सुशोभित तथा हाथीके समान मन्द गतिसे चलनेवाली सावित्रीने पतिकी दाहिनी भुजाको अपने बायें कंधेपर रखकर दाहिने हाथसे उन्हें अपने पार्श्वभागमें सटा लिया और धीरे-धीर चलने लगी

Transliteration

vāme skandhe tu vāmorūr bhartur bāhuṁ niveśya ca | dakṣiṇena pariṣvajya jagāma gajagāminī ||

Translation

สาวิตรีวางแขนของสามีไว้บนบ่าซ้าย แล้วโอบรัดแนบกายด้วยแขนขวา จากนั้นนางก้าวต่อไปอย่างช้าและมั่นคงดุจช้าง คอยพยุงเขาด้วยกำลังอ่อนโยน

Word by Word

वामेon the left

स्कन्धेshoulder

तुindeed/and (emphatic)

वाम-ऊरुःthe left thigh

भर्तुःof (her) husband

बाहुम्arm

निवेश्यhaving placed

चand

दक्षिणेनwith the right (hand/side)

परिष्वज्यhaving embraced

जगामwent

गज-गामिनीthe elephant-gaited woman

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Sāvitrī

husband (Sāvitrī’s husband)

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?

Dharma is shown through steadfast, practical devotion: Sāvitrī’s virtue is expressed as patient service and unwavering support in adversity, embodying responsibility and compassion rather than mere sentiment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sāvitrī physically supports her weakened husband by placing his arm on her left shoulder and holding him close with her right arm, then proceeds slowly and steadily—described with the dignified ‘elephant-like’ gait.