Seeing that her husband was oppressed with such a deep sorrow, the virtuous Savitri wiping the tears from his eyes spoke to him thus, “If I have practised asceticism, if I have done charitable acts, if I have offered oblations (to the fire), then, may this night be conducive to the welfare of my father-in-law, mother-in-law and my husband.
ततोऽब्रवीत् तथा दृष्ट्वा भर्तारं शोककर्शितम्॥ प्रमृज्याश्रूणि नेत्राभ्यां सावित्री धर्मचारिणी। यदि मेऽस्ति तपस्तप्तं यदि दत्तं हुतं यदि॥ शुश्रूश्वशुरभर्तृणां मम पुण्यास्तु शर्वरी।