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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 13

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

Devanagari script

एतेन कारणेनाम्बा शैलेयी भविता तव सर्वस्यापीह जगतो गुरुः शंभुः पिता ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

etena kāraṇenāmbā śaileyī bhavitā tava sarvasyāpīha jagato guruḥ śaṃbhuḥ pitā dhruvam

Translation

Pour cette raison, ô bien-aimé, ta mère sera Śaileyī ; et assurément Śambhu—maître de ce monde entier—est véritablement ton père.

Word by Word

etenaby this

kāraṇenaby the reason/cause

ambāMother (Ambā)

śaileyīmountain-born / of the mountain

bhavitāwill become

tavaof you / your

sarvasyaof all

apialso

ihahere

jagataḥof the world

guruḥteacher

śaṃbhuḥŚambhu (Śiva)

pitāfather

dhruvamcertainly

Speakers

Narrator/teacher-voice addressing the subject as ‘dear one’ (ambā) and ‘you’ (tava)clarifying parentage; exact named speakers not present in the excerpt.

Primary Deities

Shiva (Śambhu)Parvati/Uma (Śaileyī)

Key Themes

Divine parentageŚiva as Jagadguru (world-teacher)Śaiva theologyLegitimation of lineage

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Who is ‘Śaileyī’ in Purāṇic usage?

Śaileyī literally means ‘mountain-born’ and commonly denotes Pārvatī/Umā, the daughter of Himavat. The epithet emphasizes her origin from the mountain lineage and her role as Śiva’s consort.

What does it mean to call Śiva ‘guruḥ sarvasya jagataḥ’?

It is a theological claim: Śiva is portrayed as the supreme instructor whose knowledge and grace underwrite cosmic order, dharma, and liberation—hence ‘teacher of the whole world’.

Is the verse asserting biological fatherhood or a broader metaphysical paternity?

In Purāṇic narrative it can function on both levels: it legitimizes a specific lineage within the story while also expressing Śiva’s overarching paternity as the sustaining principle and lord of beings.