Shloka 10

The Greatness of the Jayantī Vow

Fast, Vigil, and Worship of Hari/Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

हेमभारसहस्रं तु कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे

Transliteration

hemabhārasahasraṃ tu kurukṣetre ravigrahe | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

Translation

الثمرة التي تُنال بتقديم ألفِ حِملٍ من الذهب في كوروكشيترا وقت كسوف الشمس، ينال مثلَها من يصوم في يوم «جايَنتي».

Word by Word

• hemabhārasahasram: a thousand loads of gold
• hemabhārasahasram: Karma (कर्म) (implied: obtains [the fruit equal to])
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः (hema-bhāra-sahasram) = 'a thousand loads of gold' (quantified mass)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) = 'but/indeed'

• kurukṣetre: in Kurukṣetra
• kurukṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurukṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ravigrahe: during a solar eclipse
• ravigrahe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (raveḥ grahe) = 'at the Sun's eclipse' (solar eclipse)

• tatphalam: that result
• tatphalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (tasya phalam) = 'that fruit/result'

• samavāpnoti: obtains, attains
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• jayaṃtyām: on Jayantī (day)
• jayaṃtyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayantī (प्रातिपदिक; festival/day name)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samupoṣaṇe: in the observance of a full fast
• samupoṣaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-upoṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; from sam-upa-√vas 'to fast')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; action-noun = 'in/at the observance of a complete fast'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: tatphalaṃ → tat + phalam.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Ravi (Sun)
• Jayantī

FAQs

What religious act is praised in this verse?

The verse praises observing a fast (upavāsa) on Jayantī, stating it yields extraordinary spiritual merit.

Why are Kurukṣetra and a solar eclipse mentioned together?

Kurukṣetra is a major tīrtha, and an eclipse is treated as a highly potent sacred time; the verse uses this renowned combination as a benchmark for very high merit.

What ethical lesson is implied by comparing fasting to donating gold?

It suggests that sincere discipline and devotion (vrata/upavāsa) can equal or surpass costly external gifts, making spiritual merit accessible beyond wealth.