Shloka 79
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
तस्मिंस्तदा स्वे तनये ऋतध्वजस्त्राते नरेन्द्रस्य सुतेन धन्विना जाबालिना भारवहेन संयुतः समाजगामाथ नदीं स सूर्यजाम्
tasmiṃstadā sve tanaye ṛtadhvajastrāte narendrasya sutena dhanvinā jābālinā bhāravahena saṃyutaḥ samājagāmātha nadīṃ sa sūryajām
Dann kam Ṛtadhvaja, nachdem er seinen eigenen Sohn geschützt hatte, zusammen mit Jābāli, dem bogenführenden Sohn des Königs, und in Begleitung von Bhāravaha, an den Fluss namens Sūryajā.
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FAQs
As a hydronym it means ‘born of the Sun’ and signals sacrality through solar association. In Purāṇic geography, such names often indicate a river with ritual potency (snāna, tarpaṇa) and a mythic origin tied to Sūrya or solar lineages.
Ṛtadhvaja appears as a protector figure (having saved his son). Jābāli is identified as a prince and archer (narendra-suta, dhanvin). Bhāravaha is a companion—either a named individual or a titled ‘burden-bearer’—traveling with them to the river.
It acts as a geographic hinge: narrative motion culminates in arrival at a named river, which typically precedes description of its sanctity, associated rites, or the merit (phala) of bathing, gifting, or worship there.