Shloka 71
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
कपिना यत् कृतं सर्वं लतापाशं चतुर्दिशम् पञ्चवर्षशते काले गते शक्तस्तदा शरैः
kapinā yat kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ latāpāśaṃ caturdiśam pañcavarṣaśate kāle gate śaktastadā śaraiḥ
猿が作り、四方に張り巡らされた蔓の投げ縄のすべては――五百年の時が過ぎてのち――彼はついに矢によってそれらを断ち払い、除き去る力を得た。
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FAQs
Latāpāśa literally means a ‘noose/snare of creepers.’ In narrative usage it denotes a dense binding network of vines that obstructs movement—an image of entanglement that must be cut or cleared.
Purāṇic narratives often use large time spans to signal extraordinary endurance, tapas-like waiting, or the slow ripening of karmic/ascetic capacity. Here it marks the long interval after which the protagonist becomes ‘śakta’ (able) to overcome the vine-entanglement.
Not directly. It describes an environmental condition (vines in four directions) rather than naming a river, forest, or tīrtha. The explicit sacred geography appears in surrounding verses when the setting is identified.