When Yama, the god of the dead, comes to take Satyavan away, she follows and begs for Satyavan's return.
The daughter of King Asvapati of Madra, she marries Satyavan knowing he has only one year to live. When Yama, the god of the dead, comes to take Satyavan away, she follows and begs for Satyavan's return. Inpressed by her devotion, Yama vows to honor one of her promises as long as she does not ask for her husband to be spared. However, she asks instead to have 100 children by Satyavan and in so doing saves him. FTP, name this woman, whose story is told in the Mahabharata and also provides the name for an opera by Holst.
The daughter of King Asvapati of Madra, she marries Satyavan knowing he has only one year to live.
Savitri