Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

धनुरादाय बलवानधिज्यं स चकार ह लाघवादृषिपुत्रं तं रक्षंश्चिच्छेदमार्गणैः

Transliteration

dhanurādāya balavānadhijyaṃ sa cakāra ha lāghavādṛṣiputraṃ taṃ rakṣaṃścicchedamārgaṇaiḥ

Translation

那强者执起弓来，迅疾上弦；为护持那位仙人之子，他以箭矢斩灭罗刹（rākṣasa）。

Speakers

• Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator) describing the protagonist’s action; interlocutors not stated in the given verses.

Key Themes

• Dharma of protection (rakṣaṇa)
• Kṣātra valor in service of ascetics
• Defeat of rākṣasa forces
• Restoration of order at a sacred site

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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