Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 29

Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna

Devanagari script

तमागतं शुक्रसुता प्रत्युत्थाय यशस्विनी पूजयामास संहृष्टा भ्रातृभावेन दानव

Transliteration

tamāgataṃ śukrasutā pratyutthāya yaśasvinī pūjayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭā bhrātṛbhāvena dānava

Translation

Cuando él llegó, la ilustre hija de Śukra se levantó para recibirlo y, gozosa, honró al Dānava con el afecto debido a un hermano.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आगतम्: arrived
• आगतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arrived’ (qualifying तम्)

• शुक्र-सुता: Śukra’s daughter
• शुक्र-सुता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘शुक्रस्य सुता’

• प्रत्युत्थाय: having risen to استقبال
• प्रत्युत्थाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund) ‘having risen up to greet’

• यशस्विनी: glorious/famed
• यशस्विनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies शुक्रसुता)

• पूजयामास: honoured
• पूजयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘honoured/worshipped’

• संहृष्टा: delighted
• संहृष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘delighted’

• भ्रातृ-भावेन: with brotherly feeling
• भ्रातृ-भावेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘भ्रातुः भावः’

• दानव: O Dānava (demon)
• दानव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narratorial voice describing the reception scene (listener not specified in the excerpt).

Primary Deities

• Śukra

Key Themes

• Hospitality and honor (pūjā, pratyutthāna)
• Kinship-affection as social dharma (bhrātṛ-bhāva)
• Asura courtly etiquette
• Relational framing before ensuing conflict

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the cultural-religious significance of ‘pratyutthāya’ (rising to greet)?

Pratyutthāna is a classical marker of respect and hospitality in dharma literature and Purāṇic narrative. It indicates the guest’s honor and the host’s adherence to social-ethical norms, even within asura settings.

Why specify ‘bhrātṛbhāvena’ (as a brother)?

It frames the relationship as protective and non-erotic, emphasizing familial affection and trust. In Purāṇic storytelling this often functions to heighten later tension: a bond of ‘as-if kinship’ can be tested by desire, fate, or political necessity.

Does ‘Śukra’s daughter’ have a standard identity across Purāṇas?

Different Purāṇas attach varying names and roles to Śukra’s descendants. Here the key narrative function is her status (guru-lineage) and her etiquette toward Bali, rather than a universally fixed onomastic identity in the given excerpt.