Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

सा त्वदीर्घेण कालेन कन्दमूलफलाशना संप्राप्ता शङ्करस्थानं यत्रागच्छति तापसः

Transliteration

sā tvadīrgheṇa kālena kandamūlaphalāśanā saṃprāptā śaṅkarasthānaṃ yatrāgacchati tāpasaḥ

Translation

Nach langer Zeit—von Knollen, Wurzeln und Früchten lebend—erreichte sie Śaṅkaras heiligen Ort, den die Asketen aufsuchen.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• दीर्घेण: long
• दीर्घेण: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to कालेन)

• कालेन: with/after a time
• कालेन: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण/instrumental of time-span), एकवचन

• कन्दमूलफलाशना: eating roots, tubers, and fruits
• कन्दमूलफलाशना: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कन्द-मूल-फल-आशना (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कन्दमूलफलानि आश्नाति/आशना) ‘one who eats…’; विशेषण (to सा)

• संप्राप्ता: arrived
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used in active sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having arrived’

• शङ्करस्थानम्: the abode of Śaṅkara
• शङ्करस्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर-स्थान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शङ्करस्य स्थानम्)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• आगच्छति: comes
• आगच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तापसः: the ascetic
• तापसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (generic singular)

Speakers

• Narrator voice within the chapter’s tīrtha-account (speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt) describing ‘she’ to the listening sage (mahāmune implied by the following verse).

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Śaṅkara)

Key Themes

• Tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage to a Śiva-site)
• Tapas and ascetic subsistence
• Approach to darśana (seeking the deity at a sacred place)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What does kandamūlaphalāśanā indicate in Purāṇic narrative style?

It is a conventional marker of rigorous tapas: the character lives on uncultivated, minimally processed forest foods (tubers/roots/fruits), signaling renunciation, purity, and sustained austerity over time.

Is Śaṅkara-sthāna a generic term or a specific place-name here?

In many Purāṇic tīrtha sections it can function as a specific local toponym (a named Śiva-site) while also carrying a generic sense (“Śiva’s holy place”). The verse itself does not supply additional geographic qualifiers (river, lake, forest), so identification depends on the chapter’s broader Saro/region context.

Why are ascetics (tāpasaḥ) emphasized as visitors to the site?

Tīrthas are framed as ‘fields’ where tapas bears fruit quickly; stating that ascetics frequent the place establishes its sanctity and efficacy, and prepares for a darśana or revelation sequence.