Shloka 72

सावित्री-यमसंवादः

Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

Devanagari script

हर्षमेष्यसि वैदेहि क्षिप्रं भरत्रां समन्विता । राघवेण सह भ्रात्रा सीते त्वमचिरादिव,“विदेहनन्दिनी सीते! इस सपनेसे यही प्रतीत होता है कि तुम शीघ्र ही अपने स्वामीसे मिलकर हर्षका अनुभव करोगी। भाई लक्ष्मणसहित श्रीरामचन्द्रजीसे तुम्हारी अवश्य भेंट होगी; इसमें अब अधिक विलम्ब नहीं है”

Transliteration

harṣam eṣyasi vaidehi kṣipraṁ bhartrā samanvitā | rāghaveṇa saha bhrātrā sīte tvam acirād iva ||

Translation

马尔坎德耶说道：“噢，毗提诃之女毗提希啊，你将很快得享喜悦，与夫君重聚。噢，悉多啊，不久之后你必定会见到罗伽婆（罗摩），也会见到他的弟弟。”

Word by Word

हर्षम्joy, delight

एष्यसिyou will go/attain

वैदेहिO Vaidehī (Sītā)

क्षिप्रम्quickly, soon

भरत्राम्with the bearer/support (reading uncertain)

समन्विताaccompanied, endowed, together with

राघवेणwith Rāghava (Rāma)

सहtogether with

भ्रात्राwith (his) brother

सीतेO Sītā

त्वम्you

अचिरात्before long, soon

इवas if, like

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Sītā (Vaidehī)

Rāghava (Rāma)

Lakṣmaṇa (implied by 'brother')

Videha (implied by 'Vaidehī')

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches steadfast hope and moral endurance: even amid separation and distress, constancy to dharma and fidelity are affirmed by the seer’s assurance that rightful reunion and joy will come without undue delay.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya addresses Sītā, interpreting an auspicious sign (contextually, a dream/omen) and foretells that she will soon be reunited with her husband Rāma (Rāghava) and also meet his brother (Lakṣmaṇa).