Savitri had a remarkable presence of mind and practical wisdom. She immediately demanded: "Grant me the boon that my husband's father will gain his eyesight."
Yama responded: "I grant your wish. At this very moment Dyumatsena is getting eyesight back. You are tired. Now you go back."
"No, Yama," replied Savitri, "I feel no fatigue in the presence of my husband. I will go wherever you carry Satyavan."
Then Savitri waxed eloquent on the glory of righteousness, on law, justice and mercy and appealed to Yama as the embodiment of all these. Yama then granted her four more boons. The first boon had already been granted: that Dyumatsena got his eyesight back. As the second boon, Savitri asked for the restoration of his kingdom. This was granted. Her third boon demanded was that her own father should be blessed with a hundred sons. This too was granted. As the fourth boon, she herself should bear a hundred sons.
Yama granted that except for her husband's life she can ask for the fifth boon. Savitri smiled and said that she needed no more boons granted. She pointed out to Yama that the god had already granted the life of her husband by the fourth boon. For, how could she have hundred sons without her husband being restored to life? Yama laughed noting that he has been outwitted by the cleverness of Savitri. He confirmed the fourth boon with the fifth. He granted both the couple four hundred years of happy life on earth. He then released the soul of Satyavan from his noose and disappeared.
Savitri now ran back to the place where the body of Satyavan lay. She took his head on her lap as before. In a moment, Satyavan regained consciousness, "Oh! How long have I slept? I heard you talking with someone in my dream as I was being carried away; but, I could not understand a word of what was said. Was it really a dream?"
"No man came here", said Savitri, "Come, let us go. Your father and mother will be waiting and getting anxious."
Meanwhile, in the hermitage Dyumatsena having regained his eyesight could see everything clearly. He suddenly realized that his son and daughter-in-law had not yet returned even though it was past midnight. He and his wife started crying in utter anxiety. After a frantic search, the inmates of the hermitage heard approaching steps. They heard Satyavan's voice responding. Their joy knew no bounds as they found Savitri and Satyavan.
Satyavan explained to his parents how he had slept for many hours after a sudden sickness. Gautama the sage in the hermitage asked, "Then you do not know about Dyumatsena regaining his eyesight? Maybe, Savitri knows more."
"I have no secrets to keep, O Gautama. You know it all; you want me to confess. I am now prepared to narrate the whole story." So said Savitri.
Then she narrated how Narada had foretold the death of Satyavan even before her marriage, her Triratra vow, her pleadings with Yama and the boons the latter granted. The sages were astounded by the single-minded devotion of Savitri and praised and blessed her.
As the dawn broke, a company of riders came from the Salwa country with the report that the usurper to the throne of Dyumatsena was murdered by his people and with the request that Dyumatsena should take over the reigns of the kingdom again. The riders were joyous to find out that Dyumatsena had regained his eyesight.
Dyumatsena was installed again as the king and Satyavan as the crown prince. Savitri came to get a hundred brothers and a hundred sons. Satyavan ultimately ruled the Salwa kingdom and led a happy life for 400 hundred years on earth.
