Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 58
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
काष्ठान्याहर्तुमपरा वह्निमानेतुमाकुलाः सा च तास्वपि सर्वासु गतासु वनमुत्तमम्
kāṣṭhānyāhartumaparā vahnimānetumākulāḥ sā ca tāsvapi sarvāsu gatāsu vanamuttamam
কিছুমান কাঠ আনিবলৈ গ’ল, কিছুমান ব্যাকুল হৈ জুই আনিবলৈ গ’ল; আৰু তেওঁলোক সকলো গ’লত সি উত্তম বনলৈ গ’ল।
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FAQs
The paired actions (collecting wood and bringing fire) strongly suggest preparation for cremation rites, consistent with their belief that she has died. This is a common narrative motif preceding a revelation or recovery.
Even unnamed, ‘excellent forest’ functions as a liminal setting—away from society—where transformations, recoveries, encounters, or divine interventions often occur in Purāṇic storytelling.
The word vahni can denote both the physical fire and the deity Agni. In ritual contexts (especially cremation), the semantic field naturally includes Agni’s divine agency even when not explicitly personified.