Shloka 52

Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor

Devanagari script

तेषामर्थं हि विज्ञाय सा तदा चारुहासिनी तज्जाबाल्युदितं श्लोकमलिखच्चान्यमात्मनः

Transliteration

teṣāmarthaṃ hi vijñāya sā tadā cāruhāsinī tajjābālyuditaṃ ślokamalikhaccānyamātmanaḥ

Translation

Setelah memahami makna aksara-aksara itu, ia yang tersenyum lembut lalu menuliskan bagi dirinya sebuah śloka lain yang telah diucapkan oleh Jābāli.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अर्थम्: meaning/sense
• अर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/causal nuance

• विज्ञाय: having understood
• विज्ञाय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having understood/known’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, temporal adverb

• चारुहासिनी: the one with a lovely smile
• चारुहासिनी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु + हासिनी (हस् धातु, णिनि-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun) ‘one who smiles’; कर्मधारयः (चारुः हासः यस्याः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; श्लोकम् इति विशेषणम्

• जाबाल्युदितम्: uttered by Jābāli
• जाबाल्युदितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाबालि + उदित (वद्/उद्-इ धातु?; here ‘udita’ from वद्/उद्-इ is lexical ‘spoken/uttered’; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जाबालिना उदितम् = uttered by Jābāli)

• श्लोकम्: verse
• श्लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अलिखत्: she wrote
• अलिखत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (श्लोकम्) इति अनुवर्तते

• आत्मनः: of herself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice continuing the account; Jābāli is referenced as the source of a śloka (not directly speaking in this verse).

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Śaṅkara/Śrīkaṇṭha)

Key Themes

• Scriptural transmission and inscription (writing down śloka)
• Interpretation of sacred signs (artha of akṣara)
• Authority of sages (Jābāli as pramāṇa)
• Personal vow/record-keeping in pilgrimage contexts

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is Jābāli, and why is his ‘spoken verse’ important here?

Jābāli is a sage-name that appears across Itihāsa-Purāṇa literature as an authoritative voice. Citing a śloka ‘uttered by Jābāli’ functions as a credential: the teaching or formula she records is grounded in recognized ṛṣi-tradition rather than being merely personal inspiration.

What does ‘writing down’ (alikhat) suggest about practice at a tīrtha?

It points to the material culture of pilgrimage and devotion: sacred places can involve inscriptions, written mantras, recorded vows, or copied verses. The act of writing also symbolizes internalization—turning a revelation into a portable, repeatable discipline.

How should we understand ‘she understood the meaning of those akṣaras’?

The narrative implies that the letters/syllables were not merely seen but decoded—either as a mantra with a known purport, an inscription requiring interpretation, or a symbolic revelation. This frames the episode as both devotional (darśana) and intellectual (artha-jñāna), a common Purāṇic pairing.