Shloka 2
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
विश्वकर्मापि मुनिना शप्तो वानरतां गतः न्यपतन्मेरुशिखराद् भूपृष्ठं विधिचोदितः
viśvakarmāpi muninā śapto vānaratāṃ gataḥ nyapatanmeruśikharād bhūpṛṣṭhaṃ vidhicoditaḥ
Viśvakarmā juga, setelah disumpah oleh seorang muni, menjadi berwujud kera; dan didorong oleh ketetapan takdir/ordinan, ia jatuh dari puncak Meru ke permukaan bumi.
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FAQs
The verse uses śāpa (a sage’s curse) as a narrative mechanism to explain a drastic change of state (vānaratā). Such transformations are common in Purāṇas to connect divine figures with terrestrial locales and later events in a tīrtha’s mythic history.
Vidhi can mean ‘ordinance/destiny’ broadly, and also functions as an epithet of Brahmā in some passages. In this construction (‘impelled by vidhi’), the sense is primarily ‘driven by cosmic ordinance/fate,’ emphasizing inevitability rather than personal choice.
Meru is the cosmographic axis-mountain. Mentioning a fall from Meru situates the episode within a vertical sacred geography—linking the cosmic center to a specific earthly forest/river setting that follows in subsequent verses.