Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 52
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
Devanagari script
आत्मा प्रदत्तः स्वातन्त्र्यात् ततस्तामशपत् पिता यस्माद् धर्मं परित्यज्य स्त्रीभावान् मन्दचेतसे
Transliteration
ātmā pradattaḥ svātantryāt tatastāmaśapat pitā yasmād dharmaṃ parityajya strībhāvān mandacetase
Translation
സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യബോധത്തോടെ അവൾ സ്വയം സമർപ്പിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് അവളുടെ പിതാവ് അവളെ ശപിച്ചു—‘ഹേ മന്ദബുദ്ധിയേ! നീ ധർമ്മം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് സ്ത്രീഭാവം സ്വീകരിച്ചു…’
Word by Word
ātmāself (as a person)
ātmā:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
pradattaḥgiven / bestowed
pradattaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dā (धाातु) + datta (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive sense: 'was given')
svātantryātfrom independence / due to autonomy
svātantryāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsvātantrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
tataḥthen / thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
tāmher
tām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
aśapatcursed
aśapat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śap (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
pitāfather
pitā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
yasmātbecause / since
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative indeclinable used as causal/relative: 'because/for which reason')
dharmaṃdharma / duty
dharmaṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
parityajyahaving abandoned
parityajya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√tyaj (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
strībhāvānfemale states / womanhood
strībhāvān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī-bhāva (प्रातिपदिक; strī + bhāva)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'state of a woman')
mandacetaseto the dull-minded one
mandacetase:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootmanda-cetas (प्रातिपदिक; manda + cetas)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'one whose mind is dull')
Speakers
Father speaking to his daughter (curse)within the narrator’s account.
Key Themes
Dharma vs. personal autonomyPaternal authority and social normsCurse as moral-ritual sanctionMarriage propriety and consent frameworks in Purāṇic society
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)
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