Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 55
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
अकृतार्थं नरपतिं योजनानि त्रयोदश अपकृष्टे नपरपतौ सापि मोहमुपागता
akṛtārthaṃ narapatiṃ yojanāni trayodaśa apakṛṣṭe naparapatau sāpi mohamupāgatā
بادشاہ اپنا مقصد پورا کیے بغیر تیرہ یوجن تک گھسیٹ کر لے جایا گیا؛ جب مردوں کے سردار کو دور کھینچ لیا گیا تو وہ بھی وہم و فریب میں مبتلا ہو گئی۔
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FAQs
Repetition in Purāṇic narration often functions as a mnemonic and as a geographic anchor—fixing the extent of displacement that may correspond to a later-identified tirtha segment or river-reach.
It frames the king as removed before completing his intended act (ritual, meeting, or protection), heightening the moral-narrative tension that typically resolves through a tirtha act (bath, vow, or propitiation).
Not necessarily. In such episodes, moha can be an affliction produced by curse, separation, or divine/riverine power—setting up the need for guidance, purification, or recognition.