Savitri said: It is as you know it to be. Your desire can never prove fruitless. I have nothing to conceal from you. Now hear the true cause of this.
सावित्र्युवाच एवमेतद् यथा वेत्थ संकल्पो नान्यथा हि वः। न हि किंचिद् रहस्यं मे श्रूयतां तथ्यमेव यत्॥