(Continued...)
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And he was standing beside
Satyavan and was steadfastly gazing at him.
And seeing him, Savitri gently
placed her husband's head on the ground, and rising suddenly, with a trembling
heart, spake these words in distressful accents, 'Seeing this thy superhuman
form, I take thee to be a deity.
If thou will, tell me, chief of
the gods, who thou art and what also thou intendst to do !'
Thereat, Yama replied, 'O
Savitri, thou art ever devoted to thy husband, and thou art also endued with
ascetic merit. It is for this reason that I hold converse with thee.
Do thou, auspicious one, know me
for Yama. This thy lord Satyavan, the son of a king, hath his days run out.
I shall, therefore, take him away
binding him in this noose. Know this to be my errand ! At these words Savitri
said, 'I had heard that thy emissaries come to take away mortals, worshipful
one !
Why then, lord, hast thou come in
person ?'
Markandeya continued, 'Thus
addressed by her, the illustrious lord of Pitris, with a view to oblige her,
began to unfold to her truly all about his intentions.
And Yama said, 'This prince is
endued with virtues and beauty of person, and is a sea of accomplishments.
He
deserveth not to be borne away by my emissaries. Therefore is it that I have come
personally.'
Saying this, Yama by main force
pulled out of the body of Satyavan, a person of the measure of the thumb, bound
in noose and completely under subjection.
And when Satyavan's life had thus
been taken out, the body, deprived of breath, and shorn of lustre, and
destitute of motion, became unsightly to behold.
(Continued...)
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