Shloka 21

The Greatness of the Jayantī Vow

Fast, Vigil, and Worship of Hari/Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

वाल्मीकिना कृता पूर्वं द्रौपदेयेन साधुना । ददाति वांछितान्कामान्भाद्रपस्य सिताष्टमी

Transliteration

vālmīkinā kṛtā pūrvaṃ draupadeyena sādhunā | dadāti vāṃchitānkāmānbhādrapasya sitāṣṭamī

Translation

Einst wurde es von Vālmīki und vom tugendhaften Sohn der Draupadī vollzogen; die leuchtende Aṣṭamī des Bhādrapada gewährt die ersehnten Wünsche.

Word by Word

• वाल्मीकिना: by Vālmīki
• वाल्मीकिना: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाल्मीकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृता: done/observed (made)
• कृता: कर्म (Karma/Object; participle agreeing with implied subject ‘अष्टमी’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वम्: formerly/previously
• पूर्वम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense; time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• द्रौपदेयेन: by the son of Draupadā (Draupadeya)
• द्रौपदेयेन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• साधुना: by the virtuous one/saint
• साधुना: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb; with implied subject ‘अष्टमी’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from वाञ्छ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of ‘कामान्’

• कामान्: wishes/desires
• कामान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भाद्रपस्य: of Bhādrapada (month)
• भाद्रपस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिता: bright (fortnight)
• सिता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) qualifying ‘अष्टमी’

• अष्टमी: the eighth lunar day (Aṣṭamī)
• अष्टमी: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (context not provided in the single-verse input)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वाञ्छितान्कामान् = वाञ्छितान् + कामान् (न् + क → ङ्क). कामान्भाद्रपस्य = कामान् + भाद्रपस्य (न् + भ → न्भ). सिताष्टमी = सिता + अष्टमी (आ + अ → आ; written as संयुक्त).

Characters & Entities

• Vālmīki
• Draupadeya

FAQs

What is Bhādrapada Śukla Aṣṭamī according to this verse?

It is the bright-half eighth lunar day in the month of Bhādrapada, praised here as a tithi that grants desired wishes when properly observed.

Why are Vālmīki and Draupadeya mentioned?

They are cited as exemplary earlier observers/performers of the practice associated with this tithi, lending authority and devotional prestige to its observance.

What is the main teaching or promise (phala) of the verse?

The verse gives a phalaśruti: observing the Bhādrapada bright Aṣṭamī bestows the fulfillment of desired aims (vāñchita-kāma).