Jābāli
Jābāli
Jābāli, and Jābali with the short a, name more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Jābāli Maharshi: the ṛshi whose teachings are the Jābāli Upanishad, who tested Śrī Rāma’s truth at Citrakūṭa and was among the ṛshis of Daśaratha‘s aśvamedhas. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa; Padma Purāṇa, Pātāla Khaṇḍa; Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapters 53, 104
- Jābāli (Farmer of the Gautamī): a brāhmaṇa farmer who never rested his bullocks; their tears led to the Gosava yajña and the Govardhana Tīrtha on the Gautamī. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 21
- Jābāli, Son of Ṛtadhvaja: the son of the ṛshi Ṛtadhvaja, born learned in all the śāstras, named in the Vāmana Purāṇa‘s account of the gathering at Hāṭakeśvara. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 37–39
- Jābali Maharshi of the Mokshadharma: a brāhmaṇa who did hard tapas at the seashore and learned from the merchant Tulādhāra that ahiṃsā is the highest dharma. Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Mokshadharma Parva, Chapters 261–264
Places
- Jābāli Tīrtha: a tīrtha on Veṅkaṭādri by the Svarṇamukhī river, named after the ṛshi Jābāli, which freed the brahmin Durācāra and removes pāpas that have no prāyaścitta. Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Veṅkaṭācala Māhātmya, Chapter 25