Shloka 64
The Establishment of Vāmana at Kānyakubja and the Sanctification of Setu
प्रथमे दिवसे बद्धो योजनानि चतुर्दश । द्वितीयेहनि षट्त्रिंशत्तृतीयेर्धशतं तथा
prathame divase baddho yojanāni caturdaśa | dvitīyehani ṣaṭtriṃśattṛtīyerdhaśataṃ tathā
پہلے دن چودہ یوجن تک باندھا گیا؛ دوسرے دن چھتیس؛ اور تیسرے دن اسی طرح پچاس یوجن۔
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 38 narrative frame)
Concept: Great works are completed through incremental, disciplined effort—day by day—until the impossible becomes measurable reality.
Application: Break large goals into daily milestones; track progress to sustain morale and collective coordination.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Type: tirtha
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Three-panel narrative composition: day one shows a short arc of stones laid into the surf; day two expands into a sweeping causeway; day three completes a grand span reaching toward the horizon. Vānaras move like a sacred workforce, carrying boulders in orderly lines as the ocean’s turbulence calms beneath their feet.","primary_figures":["Vānara builders (collective)","Nala (optional, directing)","Rāma (optional, overseeing from shore)"],"setting":"Ocean bridge under construction with visible segments marked by distance; shoreline supply piles and banners.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["sea-blue","stone gray","sunlit saffron","leaf green","cloud white"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: triptych-like layout showing three days of construction; gold-leaf accents on wave crests and bridge edges, richly ornamented vānaras, decorative borders with lotus and conch motifs, warm reds and greens with embossed gold detailing.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: sequential storytelling in one frame with delicate separators; cool blues and soft grays, fine linework on figures and stones, airy sky, distant Laṅkā hinted in pale gold.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines and flat color fields; three distinct bridge segments, rhythmic rows of vānaras, warm yellow-red background, ornamental temple border patterns.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: patterned indigo ocean with repeating motifs; bridge segments highlighted with gold dots; floral borders, peacocks, and lotus medallions framing the sequential progress narrative."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Bhupali","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["steady drum pulse (soft)","waves","workers’ calls (subtle)","temple bells (distant)"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: द्वितीयेहनि → द्वितीये अहनि; षट्त्रिंशत्तृतीये → षट्त्रिंशत् तृतीये (त् + त्); तृतीयेर्धशतं → तृतीये अर्धशतम् (ए + अ = एऽ/एर्-प्रयोगः)
FAQs
A yojana is a traditional Indian unit of distance; the verse uses it to quantify how far someone was kept bound or constrained over successive days.
As given, it functions primarily as a narrative quantification (days and distances). Any spiritual or ethical implication depends on the surrounding story in Adhyaya 38.
The subject is not identifiable from this single verse alone; the speaker and referent require the immediately preceding and following verses in Adhyaya 38.