Savitri - Wife Of Satayvat

 Savitri And Satayvat Love Story 

Savitri was most  beautiful women than any other woman in the world. When her father decided her to get married.she had no hope because all the men around her were intimidated by her beauty and her sharp mind. 

As it was difficult to find a proper  husband for her daughter so he decided that he will let her daughter decide to whoever she likes.Savitri had fell in love with  handsome lord Satyavan, whose father was not only blind but had lost his kingdom. Then, Narada tells her that Satyavan will live for only one year from the day they marry. Her father does not object to this most unsuitable husband and Savitri leaves the luxuries of the palace to live with Satyavan and his parents on the edge of the forest where Satyavan earns a living as a woodcutter.On the day that Satyavan is supposed to die, Savitri goes with him into the forest. As he is chopping wood, he is overcome with fatigue and falls asleep in her lap. Savitri knows that this is the moment of his death.When Yama comes to claim his body and soul, Savitri refuses to leave her husband and follows the god of Death. Yama repeatedly tells her to go back and each time, she argues with him, ext first. Eventually she praises Yama himself, wielder dispenser of justice Yama is impressed   with her devotion to her husband . Each time she defeats him with one of her arguments, he offers

 her a boon — any boon except the return of her husband’s life.

First, Savitri asks that her father-in-law’s sight be restored, then she asks that his kingdom be returned to him. And finally, she asks Yama that she be the mother of a hundred sons. Yama is happy to grant her that until he realises that the boon cannot be fulfilled unless Satyavan comes back to life as her husband. He admits defeat and Satyavan wakes as if from a deep sleep. It is clear from the beginning that Savitri is a most intelligent woman — she is beautiful, she is learned, she is determined. But while all the men around her seems wanted her beauty but , Yama recognises and acknowledges Savitri’s other special qualities. She defeated Yama  with her arguments and with a cleverly worded boon — it is her iron will, her intellect and her quick wit that Yama honours when he gives Satyavan back. These qualities are on her being married to Satyavan. Yama obviously sees Savitri as more than just a wife.