Savitribai Phule · Sanskrit Story
The Women's Association
महिलासेवामण्डलम्
Hari Narke (ed.) — Savitribai Phule Samagra Vangmay; D. Keer — Mahatma Jotirao Phooley (1964) · Intermediate
Women Gather
सावित्री एकां सभां आयोजयत् — स्त्रीणां कृते, स्त्रीभिः। तत्र ब्राह्मणी, माली, कुणबी, महार — सर्वाः आगताः। सावित्री अवदत् — "एकः नियमः — इह जातिः नास्ति। इह केवलं नार्यः सन्ति — समाः, स्वतन्त्राः।" सर्वाः परस्परं दृष्टवत्यः — आश्चर्येण, आनन्देन।
Savitribai organised a sabhā (सभा — assembly) — for women, by women. Brahmin women, Mali, Kunabi, Mahar — all came. Savitribai said — "One niyama (नियमः — rule) — here there is no caste. Here there are only women — equal (samāḥ — समाः), free (svatantrāḥ — स्वतन्त्राः)." All looked at one another — with wonder, with joy.
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