Shloka 19

Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor

Devanagari script

नन्दयन्त्यपि वेगेन हिरण्यत्यापवाहिता नीता देशं महापुण्यं कोशलं साधुभुर्युतम्

Transliteration

nandayantyapi vegena hiraṇyatyāpavāhitā nītā deśaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ kośalaṃ sādhubhuryutam

Translation

Vom schnellen Strom der Hiraṇyā flussabwärts fortgetragen, wurde sie in das höchst verdienstvolle Land Kośala gebracht, reich an Heiligen und Frommen.

Word by Word

• nandayantī: gladdening, delighting
• nandayantī: Karta (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nand (धातु)
• Form: Kridanta, present active participle (शतृ), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with (nadī) hiraṇvatī understood

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (अपि) = also/even

• vegena: with speed, swiftly
• vegena: Karana (करण/instrument, manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• hiraṇvatyā: by the Hiraṇvatī (river)
• hiraṇvatyā: Karana (करण/instrument/agent of carrying)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• apavāhitā: carried away
• apavāhitā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-vah (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with sā (the girl)

• nītā: led, taken
• nītā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with sā

• deśam: to a region
• deśam: Karma (कर्म/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• mahā-puṇyam: very holy
• mahā-puṇyam: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya, Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying deśam

• kośalam: Kośala
• kośalam: Karma (कर्म/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; in apposition to deśam (name of the region)

• sādhu-bhūri-yutam: endowed with many saints
• sādhu-bhūri-yutam: Visheshana (विशेषण/modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūri (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘endowed with many good (people/saints)’; yuta = PPP from √yuj (युज्) ‘joined/endowed’; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying kośalam/deśam

Speakers

• Narratorial voice (continuation; referring back to the fallen daughter).

Key Themes

• Riverine transport and fate (apavāha)
• Regional sanctity (mahā-puṇya-deśa)
• Association of holiness with presence of sādhus

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the geographical import of naming the Hiraṇyā and Kośala here?

The verse anchors the episode in a mapped landscape: a named river (Hiraṇyā) functions as the conduit, and Kośala as the destination-region. Such hydrological-to-regional linkage is characteristic of the Vāmana Purāṇa’s interest in sacred geography and tīrtha-connected movement.

How should ‘nandayanty api vegena’ be understood—how can a swift current be ‘delighting’?

Purāṇic diction often attributes aesthetic/auspicious qualities to rivers. The phrase can mean that the river’s flow is pleasing in itself (beautiful, life-giving) even when forceful; alternatively, it can hint that the providential outcome (arrival in a holy land) renders the event ‘delightful’ in retrospect.

Why is Kośala described as ‘abundant in sādhus’?

The sanctity of a region is frequently defined not only by tīrthas but by the presence of virtuous communities. ‘Sādhu-bhūri-yuta’ frames Kośala as a dharmic landscape—suggesting that contact with its people and places can transform misfortune into merit.