Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

कपिना यत् कृतं सर्वं लतापाशं चतुर्दिशम् पञ्चवर्षशते काले गते शक्तस्तदा शरैः

Transliteration

kapinā yat kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ latāpāśaṃ caturdiśam pañcavarṣaśate kāle gate śaktastadā śaraiḥ

Translation

Tất cả những thòng lọng dây leo do con khỉ tạo ra, lan khắp bốn phương—sau khi năm trăm năm đã trôi qua—bấy giờ ông mới đủ năng lực dùng mũi tên để chặt dẹp chúng.

Word by Word

• कपिना: by the monkey
• कपिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• यत्: which/what
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun (what/which)

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; adjective qualifying 'कृतम्/यत्'

• लता-पाशम्: a noose/bond of creepers
• लता-पाशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लतानां पाशः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object

• चतुर्दिशम्: in the four directions / four-sided
• चतुर्दिशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (चतस्रः दिशः यस्य/यत्र), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; adverbial adjective to 'लतापाशम्' (spread to four directions)

• पञ्च-वर्ष-शते: in (the period of) five hundred years
• पञ्च-वर्ष-शते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (पञ्चवर्षाणां शतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative of time

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative of time

• गते: having passed / elapsed
• गते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute with 'काले' (when time had passed)

• शक्तः: able/capable
• शक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (able), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrument

Speakers

• Primary narrator (Purāṇic narrator) describing events within the Jābāli episode; listener not specified in the excerpt.

Key Themes

• Time and maturation (long tapas-like duration)
• Release from bondage/obstruction (latā-pāśa)
• Ascetic endurance and eventual capability

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is meant by ‘latāpāśa’ in this context?

Latāpāśa literally means a ‘noose/snare of creepers.’ In narrative usage it denotes a dense binding network of vines that obstructs movement—an image of entanglement that must be cut or cleared.

Why does the verse emphasize ‘five hundred years’?

Purāṇic narratives often use large time spans to signal extraordinary endurance, tapas-like waiting, or the slow ripening of karmic/ascetic capacity. Here it marks the long interval after which the protagonist becomes ‘śakta’ (able) to overcome the vine-entanglement.

Does this verse indicate a specific tīrtha or place?

Not directly. It describes an environmental condition (vines in four directions) rather than naming a river, forest, or tīrtha. The explicit sacred geography appears in surrounding verses when the setting is identified.