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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

ईजे च विविधैर्यज्ञैर्नृपतिः शुक्रपावलितः सुक्रस्यासीच्च दुहिता अरजा नाम नामतः

Transliteration

īje ca vividhairyajñairnṛpatiḥ śukrapāvalitaḥ sukrasyāsīcca duhitā arajā nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

Le roi, guidé par Śukra, accomplit divers sacrifices (yajñas). Et Śukra avait une fille, dont le nom, par appellation, était Arajā.

Word by Word

ईजेperformed sacrifice/worshipped

चand

विविधैःvarious

यज्ञैःwith sacrifices

नृपतिःthe king

शुक्रपावलितःprotected by Śukra

शुक्रस्यof Śukra

आसीत्there was

चand

दुहिताa daughter

अरजाArajā (name)

नामnamed

नामतःby name

Speakers

Narrator (Purāṇic sūta-style narration) describing events to the listening sage(s) (contextual frame not explicit in the given excerpt).

Primary Deities

Śukra (Bhārgava)

Key Themes

Yajña (sacrificial order)Brahminical counsel to kingsAsura court milieuGenealogical introduction

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Who is Śukra in this narrative setting?

Śukra is the Bhārgava preceptor (ācārya) famed as the guru of the Asuras; his guidance legitimizes royal rites and frames the Asura polity as operating within Vedic sacrificial norms.

Why does the text emphasize that the king performed sacrifices under Śukra’s direction?

It signals that political authority is ideally tethered to ritual expertise; even in Asura-linked narratives, yajña and priestly counsel function as markers of dharma-like order and prestige.

What is the narrative function of introducing Arajā here?

Arajā’s introduction prepares for subsequent court and household episodes—often involving hospitality, service to fire (agni), and alliances—by establishing her identity and lineage as Śukra’s daughter.