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Shloka 65

The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow

कार्याविद्धापि सप्तम्यां रोहिणीसंयुताष्टमी । कलाकाष्ठामुहूर्तेऽपि यदा कृष्णाष्टमीतिथिः

kāryāviddhāpi saptamyāṃ rohiṇīsaṃyutāṣṭamī | kalākāṣṭhāmuhūrte'pi yadā kṛṣṇāṣṭamītithiḥ

সপ্তমী কৰ্মাৰম্ভৰ বাবে অনুপযুক্ত হলেও, যেতিয়া অষ্টমী ৰোহিণী নক্ষত্ৰে যুক্ত হয়—কলা, কাষ্ঠা বা মুহূৰ্ত পৰ্যন্ত ক্ষুদ্ৰ সময় হলেও—সেই সময়কেই কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী তিথি বুলি গণ্য কৰা হয়।

कार्यāshould be performed
कार्यā:
विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य (कृ धातोः ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘to be done’
अविद्धाunmixed/undisturbed
अविद्धा:
विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअविद्ध (व्यध् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नञ्-पूर्वक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘unpierced/undisturbed (by overlap)’
अपिeven
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; ‘even/also’)
सप्तम्याम्on Saptamī (7th tithi)
सप्तम्याम्:
अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular
रोहिणी-संयुता-अष्टमीAṣṭamī conjoined with Rohiṇī
रोहिणी-संयुता-अष्टमी:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (सम्+युज् धातोः क्त) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘Aṣṭamī joined with Rohiṇī (nakṣatra)’
कला-काष्ठा-मुहूर्तेin (any) kalā, kāṣṭhā, or muhūrta
कला-काष्ठा-मुहूर्ते:
अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकला (प्रातिपदिक) + काष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular; dvandva as a set of time-units
अपिeven
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; ‘even’)
यदाwhen
यदा:
सम्बन्ध (Temporal link)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction ‘when’)
कृष्ण-अष्टमी-तिथिःthe Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī tithi
कृष्ण-अष्टमी-तिथिः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक) + तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘the tithi of Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī’

Not explicitly identifiable from this single verse (context needed from surrounding verses).

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कार्याविद्धापि = कार्यā + अविद्धा + अपि; रोहिणीसंयुताष्टमी = रोहिणी-संयुता-अष्टमी; कलाकाष्ठामुहूर्तेऽपि = कला-काष्ठा-मुहूर्ते + अपि; कृष्णाष्टमीतिथिः = कृष्ण-अष्टमी-तिथिः

R
Rohiṇī
K
Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī (tithi)

FAQs

It prioritizes the presence of Aṣṭamī conjoined with the Rohiṇī nakṣatra—even for very brief durations (kalā/kāṣṭhā/muhūrta)—as sufficient to designate the observance as Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī.

They indicate that even a minimal overlap of the Aṣṭamī tithi with Rohiṇī is ritually significant for determining the correct observance time.

No; it speaks of Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī tithi determination with Rohiṇī. Many traditions connect Rohiṇī-yukta Kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī with Kṛṣṇa’s birth observance, but that linkage would be confirmed from surrounding context.