Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स तु बद्धाञज्जलिं सत्यमयाचद्धरिण: पुनः । सत्येन स परिष्वज्य संदिष्टो गम्पतामिति,सत्य सावित्रीदेवीकी ओर हाथ जोड़कर खड़ा था। इतनेहीमें उस हरिणने पुनः अपनी आहुति देनेके लिये याचना की। सत्यने मृगको हृदयसे लगा लिया और बड़े प्यारसे कहा --तुम यहाँसे चले जाओ'

Transliteration

sa tu baddhāñjaliṃ satyam ayācad dhariṇaḥ punaḥ | satyena sa pariṣvajya saṃdiṣṭo gampatām iti ||

Translation

Chắp tay cung kính, Satyam đứng đó và lại khẩn cầu con nai. Nhưng con nai vẫn một lần nữa xin được đem làm lễ vật hiến tế. Satyam ôm chầm lấy nó từ tận đáy lòng, rồi với lời lẽ âu yếm mà dứt khoát, dặn rằng: “Hãy rời khỏi nơi này.”

Word by Word

सःhe

तुbut/indeed

बद्ध-अञ्जलिम्with joined hands

सत्यम्Satyavat (Satyavan)/Satyam (name)

अयाचत्begged/asked

हरिणःthe deer

पुनःagain

सत्येनby Satyavat/Satyam

सःhe

परिष्वज्यhaving embraced

संदिष्टःinstructed/urged (having been told/after telling)

गम्go

पताम्let him/it fall (or depart swiftly)

इतिthus/quoting

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

न

नारद (Nārada)

स

सत्यम् (Satyam)

ह

हरिण (deer)

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?

The verse foregrounds dharma expressed as compassion and restraint: even when a creature seeks self-offering, the righteous response is to protect life, respond with empathy, and guide away from harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Satyam stands with folded hands, pleading with the deer; the deer again asks to be given as an oblation. Satyam embraces it and gently orders it to leave, signaling protection rather than acceptance of the deer’s self-sacrificial request.