Shloka 74
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
उन्मोचयितुमारब्धो न शशाक सुसंयतम् ततस्तूर्णं धनुर्न्यस्य बाणांश्च शकुनिर्बली
unmocayitumārabdho na śaśāka susaṃyatam tatastūrṇaṃ dhanurnyasya bāṇāṃśca śakunirbalī
അഴിക്കാൻ ആരംഭിച്ചിട്ടും ബലവാനായ ശകുനിക്ക് കർശനമായി ബന്ധിച്ചതിനെ ശിഥിലമാക്കാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. അതിനാൽ അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ ധനുസ്സും അമ്പുകളും താഴെ വെച്ചു.
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FAQs
It marks a narrative pivot: the problem cannot be solved by martial means, so the character abandons weapons and attempts a direct physical/ascetic remedy (seen in the next verse). In Purāṇic storytelling this often signals that the situation is bound by a stronger constraint—vow, curse, or divine/ṛṣi-made binding—rather than ordinary force.
The compound indicates a binding that is not merely tight but properly secured—suggesting intentional restraint (e.g., a knot, snare, or ritual binding). This prepares the reader for repeated failed attempts and the need for higher assistance.
Not directly. The Vāmana Purāṇa frequently embeds such episodes inside a larger tīrtha-māhātmya frame, but this particular śloka contains no explicit geographic toponyms.