Shloka 79
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Yamuna-Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
तस्मिंस्तदा स्वे तनये ऋतध्वजस्त्राते नरेन्द्रस्य सुतेन धन्विना जाबालिना भारवहेन संयुतः समाजगामाथ नदीं स सूर्यजाम्
tasmiṃstadā sve tanaye ṛtadhvajastrāte narendrasya sutena dhanvinā jābālinā bhāravahena saṃyutaḥ samājagāmātha nadīṃ sa sūryajām
അപ്പോൾ ഋതധ്വജൻ തന്റെ പുത്രനെ രക്ഷിച്ച ശേഷം, രാജാവിന്റെ ധനുര്ധരനായ പുത്രൻ ജാബാലിയും ഭാരവഹനും കൂടെ ചേർന്ന് ‘സൂര്യജാ’ എന്ന നദിയിലേക്കു എത്തി।
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FAQs
As a hydronym it means ‘born of the Sun’ and signals sacrality through solar association. In Purāṇic geography, such names often indicate a river with ritual potency (snāna, tarpaṇa) and a mythic origin tied to Sūrya or solar lineages.
Ṛtadhvaja appears as a protector figure (having saved his son). Jābāli is identified as a prince and archer (narendra-suta, dhanvin). Bhāravaha is a companion—either a named individual or a titled ‘burden-bearer’—traveling with them to the river.
It acts as a geographic hinge: narrative motion culminates in arrival at a named river, which typically precedes description of its sanctity, associated rites, or the merit (phala) of bathing, gifting, or worship there.