Shloka 49

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

Devanagari script

ततस्तु त्वरिता काले नन्दयन्ती तपोनिधिम् परित्राणार्थमगमद्धिमाद्रेर्यमुनां नदीम्

Transliteration

tatastu tvaritā kāle nandayantī taponidhim paritrāṇārthamagamaddhimādreryamunāṃ nadīm

Translation

അനന്തരം യഥാകാലം വേഗത്തിൽ, തപോനിധിയെ ആനന്ദിപ്പിക്കുന്ന നന്ദയന്തി രക്ഷ തേടി ഹിമാദ്രിയിലെ യമുനാനദിയിലേക്കു പോയി।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from then’)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• त्वरिता: hurried
• त्वरिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to सा understood)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (time-locative)

• नन्दयन्ती: gladdening
• नन्दयन्ती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नन्दय् (धातु; णिच् of नन्द्) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपोनिधिम्: the treasure of austerity (ascetic)
• तपोनिधिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्-निधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तपसः निधिः)

• परित्राणार्थम्: for protection
• परित्राणार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परित्राण-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the sake of protection)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• हिमाद्रेः: of the हिमालय (snow-mountain)
• हिमाद्रेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हिमस्य अद्रिः)

• यमुनाम्: Yamunā
• यमुनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नदीम्: river
• नदीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; यमुनाम्-अप्पोजिशन

Speakers

• Narrator voice (third-person narration) describing Nandayantī’s movement.

Primary Deities

• Shiva (implicit via prior verses)

Key Themes

• Seeking refuge/protection (paritrāṇa)
• Pilgrimage/urgent travel to a sacred river
• Himalayan sacred landscape (Himādri)
• Tapas/ascetic authority (tapaḥ-nidhi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does ‘Himādri’s Yamunā’ signify geographically?

It situates the Yamunā in its Himalayan provenance (Himādri = the Himalaya), a common Purāṇic way of anchoring rivers to their sacred mountain origins and thereby enhancing their tīrtha-status.

Who is ‘tapaḥ-nidhi’ (treasure-house of austerity) referring to?

It is an honorific for a great ascetic or spiritually potent figure within the episode. The verse’s phrasing suggests Nandayantī is connected to, or seeks to please/approach, such an ascetic authority as part of her quest for protection.

Why is ‘paritrāṇārtham’ emphasized?

It frames the journey as refuge-seeking rather than ordinary travel. In Purāṇic narrative logic, reaching a sacred river/shrine while seeking protection often marks a transition into divine intervention, ritual efficacy, or the unfolding of a vow-driven outcome.