Markandeya said : Saying this, the high-minded Dyumatsena ceased; and Savitri thus remaining (without food) looked like a wooden doll.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुक्त्वा धुमत्सेनो विरराम महामनाः। तिष्ठन्ती चैव सावित्री काष्ठभूतेव लक्ष्यते॥