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When the sun started to rise on                                                                                             can only see my presence because



            the third day, Savitri left the hall                                                                                         you prayed and didn’t eat. Now the




            of  worship and saw her husband                                                                                              time has come to take Satyavan’s




            heading to the forest with an                                                                                                soul,” said the god of  death.



            axe on his shoulder. She ran to                                                                                               Yama approached Satyavan and




            Satyavan and said, “I will go with                                                                                           took a little bit of  his soul, no




            you.”                                                                                                                        bigger than his thumb. Soon,



             “Stay here, you should eat some                                                                                             Satvayan’s breathing completely




            wild plants and sleep a little bit,”                                                                                         stopped. Yama placed the likeness




            answered Satyavan.                                                                                                           he took from Satyavan and put it




             “Who are you?” asked Savitri                                                                                                inside his red robe. “Happiness



            trembling in fear.                                                                                                           awaits to a man full of  virtue in




             “I am Yama, god of  death. You                                                                                              my kingdom,” said Yama.
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