Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 59
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
संज्ञां लेभे सुचार्वङ्गी दिशश्चाप्यवलोकयत् अपश्यन्ती नापतिं तथा स्निग्धं सखीजनम्
saṃjñāṃ lebhe sucārvaṅgī diśaścāpyavalokayat apaśyantī nāpatiṃ tathā snigdhaṃ sakhījanam
خوش اندام عورت کو ہوش آیا اور اس نے چاروں سمتوں کی طرف دیکھا؛ مگر نہ شوہر دکھائی دیا اور نہ ہی محبت بھری سہیلیوں کا حلقہ۔
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FAQs
Her regaining saṃjñā (consciousness) indicates she was not definitively dead; mṛtakalpā is best read as a death-like swoon or suspended state, misinterpreted by the companions.
It establishes isolation, a common Purāṇic device that precipitates the next plot movement—encounter, instruction, danger, or divine aid—especially in a forest setting.
In this immediate context it is primarily a realistic search gesture. Secondarily, diśaḥ evokes the ordered cosmos (directional guardians, orientation), but no dikpāla or named geography is invoked in these lines.