Shloka 43

Jabali Bound by the Monkey — Jabali Bound by the Monkey: Nandayanti’s Ordeal and the Yamuna–Hiranyavati Sacred Corridor

Devanagari script

तद्वाक्यसमकालं च व्यनदद् देवदुन्दुभिः शिवा चाशिवनिर्घोषा ततो भूयो ऽब्रवीनमुनिः

Transliteration

tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca vyanadad devadundubhiḥ śivā cāśivanirghoṣā tato bhūyo 'bravīnamuniḥ

Translation

Ngay đúng lúc những lời ấy được thốt ra, trống thiêng của chư thiên vang rền; tiếng lành (śivāḥ) và cả tiếng dữ (aśiva-nirghoṣāḥ) cũng nổi lên. Rồi vị hiền triết lại nói tiếp.

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• वाक्यसमकालम्: simultaneously with that statement
• वाक्यसमकालम्: Kāla (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vākya + samakāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial): ‘at the same time as the speech’

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• व्यनदत्: resounded
• व्यनदत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vy + nad (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect-like), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• देवदुन्दुभिः: the divine drum
• देवदुन्दुभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + dundubhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (devī dundubhiḥ = divine drum)

• शिवा: auspicious (sound) / Śivā
• शिवा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अशिवनिर्घोषा: an inauspicious roar
• अशिवनिर्घोषा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśiva + nirghoṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (aśivaḥ nirghoṣaḥ = inauspicious roar)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (अपादान/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (from there/then)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अमुनिः: that sage
• अमुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सः मुनिः’ इत्यर्थे (that sage)

Speakers

• Narrator describing omens; ‘the sage’ (muni) resumes speech after the omens.

Primary Deities

• Devas (collectively, implied by ‘deva-dundubhi’)

Key Themes

• Omens and portents
• Divine confirmation of speech
• Auspicious vs inauspicious signs

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Why do ‘divine drums’ appear in such narratives?

Deva-dundubhi is a conventional Purāṇic marker of cosmic endorsement—used when a truth is proclaimed, a destiny is fixed, or a dharmic event is confirmed by the gods.

How can both auspicious and inauspicious sounds occur together?

Purāṇic omen-lists often present mixed portents to indicate the gravity and complexity of the forthcoming event: a destined rise (auspicious) may simultaneously entail conflict, separation, or karmic consequence (inauspicious).

Does ‘śivā’ here mean Śiva (the deity)?

In this construction, śivā is best read adjectivally as ‘auspicious (sounds/omens)’, contrasted with aśiva (‘inauspicious’). It is not a direct reference to Śiva as a personal deity unless the surrounding passage explicitly frames it as such.