Narada said: Alas, O king, Savitri has done a very foolish act in as much as she, has through ignorance, chosen for her husband, Satyavana endued with (high) qualities.
नारद उवाच अहो बत महत् पापं सावित्र्या नृपते कृतम्। अजानन्त्या यदनया गुणवान् सत्यवान् वृतः॥