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

萨维特丽说道：“待太阳西沉、我的目的已然达成之时，我才进食。这是我心中所持的决意，我已以庄严誓愿将自己系于其上。”

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)