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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

किं त्वया न पिरज्ञातं तस्मात् ते कथयाम्यहम् तदा तया तु तन्वङ्ग्या सुरथस्य महीपतेः

Transliteration

kiṃ tvayā na pirajñātaṃ tasmāt te kathayāmyaham tadā tayā tu tanvaṅgyā surathasya mahīpateḥ

Translation

Qu’est-ce que tu n’as pas compris? C’est pourquoi je vais te l’expliquer. Alors, cette jeune fille aux membres délicats (tanvaṅgī), au sujet du roi Suratha…

Word by Word

किम्what

त्वयाby you

नnot

प्रि-रज्ञातम्known/understood

तस्मात्therefore

तेto you

कथयामिI tell

अहम्I

तदाthen

तयाby her

तुindeed/but

तनु-अङ्ग्याby the slender-limbed (woman)

सुरथस्यof Suratha

महीपतेःof the king

Speakers

Narrator/teacher figure addressing a listener (exact interlocutors not specified in the excerpt; typical Purāṇic frame is a sage explaining to a disciple).

Key Themes

Narrative transitionExplanation of prior eventsRoyal-ethical context (king Suratha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Why does the verse begin with a rhetorical question (“What have you not understood?”)?

This is a common Purāṇic pedagogical device: the speaker marks a shift from summary to clarification, indicating that the listener’s doubt (saṃśaya) will be resolved by a more detailed account.

Who is “tanvaṅgī” here?

Tanvaṅgī is an epithet for a young woman central to the episode; the following verses show she becomes the agent of a curse connected with Suratha’s marital situation.

Does this verse contain any tīrtha or geographic marker typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa?

Not in this line; it functions as a narrative hinge. Geographic/tīrtha data must be extracted from surrounding verses when present.