Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death - Iseult Gillespie

Dig into the tale of Princess Savitri and her one true love, Satyavan, and the tragic prophecy that entwined their fates forever.

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Princess Savitri was benevolent, brilliant, and bright. Her grace was known throughout the land, and many princes and merchants flocked to her family’s palace to seek her hand in marriage. But upon witnessing her blinding splendor in person, the men lost their nerve. Unimpressed with these suitors, she determined to find a husband herself. Iseult Gillespie tells the tale of Savitri and Satyavan.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Jagriti Khirwar & Raghav Arumugam.

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[thebirdbrained.]

I liked how Death wasn’t viewed as a villain in this story, rather a respectable someone just doing their job and not without sympathy

[glassapple]

Moral of the story: If death is stalking you, just keep stalking it back until you freak it out and it grants your wishes

[bz_kitten]

I love how her family got so happy she found a person to marry instead of forcing her to marry someone

[nehanidhi]

Actually in the story my grandma told me, she was given only one wish so she said " I want my father in law to see my husband and his children eating in a golden bowl." In this way, she asked all three things together, her husband, her father in law's sight and his kingdom.

[johnsamuel]

Savitri: Yama raj, I've come to bargain

Dr Strange: Noted

[hautakleightontam]

Death: 'I fear no man! But that girl... she scares me.'

[thebaldcat]

Death: *I HAVE COME FOR YOUR HUSBAND!*
Savitri: no
Death: *That isn’t how this works*
Savitri: *No*

[airtafae]

i like how yamraj accepted that she is clever and out witted him. He wasnt offended but rather embraced his defeat.

[noss]

Oh! I remember my mother telling me this story dozens of times when i was a kid! But in her version Savitri only had one wish...
'I wish that Satyavan's father can see his grandchildren play at his palace'

[bobamsd]

Can we all please take a moment to appreciate the person who animated this?

[alfiee]

Disney wouldn’t do justice to making this a movie, Studio Ghibli on the other hand could produce it to be magical and grim, beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time

[Sweetumskitty]

Orpheus: I lost my love to death and I couldn't get her back. :(
Savitri: What, like it's hard?

[TheImmeasurable]

As far as I have heard, she asks for " Satyavan's father to be able to see her grandchildren" in a single wish, in which she manages to get all the 3.
intelligence level 💯

[-Theo-]

Yama: I am going to take your husband’s soul with me

Savitri: *laughs in no*

[shamiksinha]

Can we take a moment and appreciate the narrator's pronunciation of Hindi/Sanskrit words?! It's fantabulous ❤️

[fay]

The comments on these are hilarious. I like how everyone respects the stories of different ethnicities but also manage to make it funny without offending anyone.

[sreejasrivaram]

Orpheus watching this: write that down, write that down!

[yugpatel]

Finally, a non-native Hindi speaker learned the pronunciations of Hindi names. Thank you, huge respect for the narrator.

[ruthu]

ngl, this animation style is perfect for indian mythology

[Beanie-Inkling]

Even as a fan of Greek mythology, it hurts to know that Indian mythology is always overlooked.