Shloka 24
Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor
ददृशे वृक्षशिखरे शिशुं पञ्चाब्दिकं स्थितम् पिङ्गलाभिर्जटाभिस्तु उद्ब्द्धं यत्नतः शुभे
dadṛśe vṛkṣaśikhare śiśuṃ pañcābdikaṃ sthitam piṅgalābhirjaṭābhistu udbddhaṃ yatnataḥ śubhe
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FAQs
Jaṭā is an ascetic signifier (often linked with tapas, sages, or Śaiva/Vedic asceticism). In narrative terms it creates a paradox: a very young child bears ascetic features yet is bound, hinting at a curse, divine test, or extraordinary birth/identity.
The grammar allows the sense that the binding involves the jaṭā (matted locks) as the means or locus of restraint—i.e., he is ‘bound up’ with/through those locks. The verse stresses tightness (yatnataḥ), indicating deliberate restraint rather than accidental entanglement.
Yes. Elevated placement often indicates liminality—between earth and sky—used in Purāṇic storytelling to mark beings under curse, penance, or divine protection, and to stage a ‘darśana’ that requires the seeker to look upward.