Knowing that Savitri was affected with a heart trouble , great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible, the news of her husbands death. It was her sister Durga who told her in broken sentences , veiled hints that revealed in half concealing way the death of her husband, the Satyavaan . Her husbands friend Swami was also there . It was he who heard on TV when the news of the accident of the train , which Satvaan boarded was broadcasted . He also got the list of deceased in the rail accident , in which the name of Satyavan was very prominent , from newspaper office. He had also cross checked the name from other Govt. sources in this connection and hastened to convey this message to the wife of his friend.
First she could not understand the significance of the news which was revealed to her in pieces. It all started with a wild shriek and she wept bitterly in the arms of her sister . Then she left the room altogether and closed herself in another room. She sank there in a sofa and placed her head between her arms and thought about her husband Satyavaan . How she would be able to see the dead frozen and blue face of her husband Satyavaan , who always looked towards her with great love and affection. Every part of her body was trembling and she was breathing deeply. She could perceive every moment of her association with Satyavaan for the last thirty years. How she fell in love with Satyavan and how she married him . She had enjoyed her life to the fullest with Satyavaan, but only regret in her life was that she could not bear her own children. Now she was thinking how she will spent the rest of her life without Satyavaan. The mere thought of it passed a cold shrill through out his whole spine and she prayed to God for her instant death or bestow new lease of life to Satyavaan, which was beyond comprehension. Satyavaan was the only person in this world on whom she depended most. She could not conceive life without Satyavaan.
When savitri did not open the door of room in which she concealed herself , Durga, her sister and other relatives got worried and knocked at the door of room to enquire about her health . For a long time savitri did not respond but later on she replied to her sister that she was ok and wanted to remain in soltitude for some time more. Later on Durga put her arms around her sister and brought her crawling in the main living room.
After two days of this accident , when Savitri reconciled a bit with her fate , it was decided to send Swami and some distant relative to the accident site to bring the dead body of Satyavaan. The day Swami and party left for bringing home the dead body for performing last rites , there was a big knock on the door. When door was opened , there was a real surprise for all the mourners present in the house.
Lo and behold ! It was Satyavaan on the door, hale and hearty , all in flesh and blood. He told all the persons present in his house that he could not board the train on the fateful day as he reached the station few minutes late inspite of his much struggle to catch the ill fated train on time. In the mean time , he lost his mobile and could not make any contact with his wife or relatives to tell them about his welfare. In absence of any contact , he tried hard to reach his home at the earliest through various modes of transport.
Savitri was listening the conversation of Satyavaan with a constant gaze towards him and without blinking her eyes . It was only after listening the whole story Savitri's head dropped on her shoulders with a moaning sound . The attention of every person present in the room got attracted towards her and a Doctor was called , who declared her dead due to heart failure because of the overjoy, as she was already suffering from heart ailment . She betrayed the death when in trauma but this instant overjoy of finding her husband alive could not be resisted by her and she left this world for good in the arms of her husband.
