Satyavan
Also known as: Chitraswa · Role: youth · First appears: Book V (Woman's Love) · III. The Fated Bridegroom
In Book V (Woman's Love) · III. The Fated Bridegroom, Markandeya tells how Savitri chose Satyavan and declared her troth to him. His parent, Dyumat-sena, had seen him grow to youth; when Aswapati agreed to Savitri’s choice, Satyavan married her, and forest hermits blessed the couple.
In Book V (Woman's Love) · IV. Overtaken by Fate, Satyavan died in the forest while Savitri held him. In Book V (Woman's Love) · V. Triumph over Fate, Yama drew out his vital spark and carried it away, then promised Savitri that Satyavan would live again and become a father. In Book V (Woman's Love) · VI. Return Home, Savitri’s touch brought Satyavan back to waking life.
Relationship record
Life events
- In Markandeya's tale, Savitri chose Satyavan as her husband and declared her troth to him.(Book V (Woman's Love) · III. The Fated Bridegroom)
- With: Savitri
- “Long his life or be it narrow, and his virtues great or none, Brave Satyavan is my husband, he my heart and troth hath won!”
- In Markandeya's tale, Aswapati agreed to Savitri’s choice, and she married Satyavan.(Book V (Woman's Love) · III. The Fated Bridegroom)
- In Markandeya's tale, Satyavan dies in the forest while Savitri holds him.(Book V (Woman's Love) · IV. Overtaken by Fate)
- With: Savitri
- “Clasped him in her beating bosom, kissed his lips with panting breath, Darker grew the lonesome forest, and he slept the sleep of death!”
- In Markandeya's tale, Yama removed Satyavan's vital spark and carried it away.(Book V (Woman's Love) · V. Triumph over Fate)
- With: Yama
- “Yama from Satyavan's body, pale and bloodless, cold and dumb, Drew the vital spark, purusha, smaller than the human thumb, In his noose the spark he fastened, silent went his darksome way, Left the body shorn of lustre to its rigid cold decay.”
- In Markandeya's tale, Yama granted Savitri sons with Satyavan and promised that Satyavan would live again.(Book V (Woman's Love) · V. Triumph over Fate)
- In Markandeya's tale, Satyavan awakens after Savitri's touch.(Book V (Woman's Love) · VI. Return Home)
- With: Savitri
- “And that touch of true affection thrilled him back to waking life, As returned from distant regions gazed the prince upon his wife!”
Book V (Woman's Love) · III. The Fated Bridegroom
- parent: Dyumat-sena “Years have gone in rigid penance, and that child is now a youth, Him I choose my lord and husband, Satyavan, Soul of Truth!”
- married with Savitri “Narad wished him joy and gladness, blessed the loving youth and maid, Forest hermits on their wedding every fervent blessing laid.”
Book V (Woman's Love) · IV. Overtaken by Fate
- married with Savitri “Long I wished to see the jungle where steals not the solar ray, Take me to the darksome forest, husband, let me go to-day!”
Book V (Woman's Love) · V. Triumph over Fate
- married with Savitri “What befalls the wedded husband still befalls the faithful wife, Where he leads she ever follows, be it death or be it life!”
- patron: Yama (Yama grants Satyavan life again.) “Have thy object, answered Yama, and thy lord shall live again, He shall live to be a father, and your children too shall reign,”
Book V (Woman's Love) · VI. Return Home
- married with Savitri “Have I lain too long and slumbered, sweet Savitri, faithful spouse? But I dreamt a Sable Person, in a noose took forth my life!”
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Extracted from the original text of Maha-bharata, The Epic of Ancient India. Made with Rho MD.