Shloka 84

The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow

Devanagari script

दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य गतवान्पितृभिः सह । यत्फलं मथुरां गत्वा दृष्ट्वा कृष्णमुखांबुजम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya gatavānpitṛbhiḥ saha | yatphalaṃ mathurāṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇamukhāṃbujam

Translation

Auf ein göttliches Vimāna steigend, zog er mit den Pitṛs (Ahnen) dahin und erlangte dieselbe Frucht, die man gewinnt, wenn man nach Mathurā geht und das lotusgleiche Antlitz Kṛṣṇas schaut.

Word by Word

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying ‘vimānam’

• vimānam: aerial car, chariot
• vimānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• āruhya: having mounted
• āruhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ruh (रुह्) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having mounted/ascended’

• gatavān: went
• gatavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata-vat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (गम्) + क्त + वत्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; periphrastic perfect-like participial predicate ‘went/has gone’

• pitṛbhiḥ: with the ancestors/fathers
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Postposition/indeclinable meaning ‘with’ (सह-योगे अव्यय)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; relative pronoun qualifying ‘phalam’

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma/Pradhāna (कर्म/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular

• mathurām: to Mathurā
• mathurām: Karma (गत्यर्थे कर्म/देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mathurā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; place-name

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having gone’

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having seen’

• kṛṣṇa-mukha-ambujam: Krishna’s lotus-like face
• kṛṣṇa-mukha-ambujam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; compound: (1) kṛṣṇasya mukhaṃ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + (2) mukhāmbujam ‘lotus-like face’ (कर्मधारय within); overall ‘Kṛṣṇa’s lotus-face’

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: vimānamāruhya → vimānam + āruhya; gatavānpitṛbhiḥ → gatavān + pitṛbhiḥ; yatphalam → yat + phalam; kṛṣṇamukhāṃbujam → kṛṣṇa-mukha-ambujam (mukha+ambuja → mukhāmbuja by sandhi).

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Mathurā
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What spiritual result (phala) is highlighted in this verse?

It equates the merit of the event described—departing with the Pitṛs in a divine vimāna—to the great fruit gained by going to Mathurā and receiving darśana of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus-like face.

Why is Mathurā emphasized in the Padma Purāṇa’s Vaiṣṇava context?

Mathurā is presented as a premier Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha where darśana (beholding the Lord) is itself salvific and highly meritorious, making it a focal sacred geography in Vaiṣṇava Purāṇic literature.

What ethical or devotional lesson can be drawn from this verse?

It underscores bhakti-centered values: sincere seeking of Kṛṣṇa’s darśana and pilgrimage to His sacred places are portrayed as powerful means of spiritual uplift—benefiting even one’s ancestral line (Pitṛs).