Shloka 78
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
Devanagari script
शाखया कृत्तया चासौ भारवाही तपोधनः शरसोपानमार्गेण अवतीर्णो ऽथ पादपात्
Transliteration
śākhayā kṛttayā cāsau bhāravāhī tapodhanaḥ śarasopānamārgeṇa avatīrṇo 'tha pādapāt
Translation
തപോധനനായ ആ ഭാരവാഹി ഋഷി മുറിച്ച ശാഖയെ ആശ്രയിച്ച്, അമ്പുകളാൽ നിർമ്മിച്ച സോപാനമാർഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെ വൃക്ഷത്തിന്റെ അടിവരെ ഇറങ്ങി വന്നു.
Word by Word
śākhayāwith a branch
śākhayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśākhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
kṛttayācut
kṛttayā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛt (कृत्/कृन्त् धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formक्तान्त विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; agrees with śākhayā: “cut”
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
asauhe/that one
asau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; deictic pronoun “that/he”
bhāravāhīload-bearing
bhāravāhī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhāra + vāhin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (bhāraṃ vahati = “bearing a load”); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifies tapodhanaḥ
tapodhanaḥthe ascetic
tapodhanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottapas + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि (yasya dhanaṃ tapaḥ = “whose wealth is austerity”, i.e., ascetic); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
śara-sopāna-mārgeṇaby the arrow-ladder path
śara-sopāna-mārgeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśara + sopāna + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (arrow-ladder-path); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental: “by the path of an arrow-ladder”
avatīrṇaḥdescended
avatīrṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootava-tṝ (तॄ धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formक्तान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “having descended”
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (particle): “then/now”
pādapātfrom the tree
pādapāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ablative: “from the tree”
Speakers
Narrator voice (continuation of the episode)
Key Themes
Tapas and skill combinedIngenious means in travelTransition from elevated place to river-route
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)
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