Shloka 3
The Greatness of the Jayantī Vow
Fast, Vigil, and Worship of Hari/Kṛṣṇa
नारद उवाच । जयंत्याश्चैव माहात्म्यं कथयस्व पितामह । यच्छ्रुत्वाहं गमिष्यामि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
nārada uvāca | jayaṃtyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva pitāmaha | yacchrutvāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Nārada sprach: „O Pitāmaha (Brahmā), verkünde mir auch die heilige Größe der Jayantī; nachdem ich sie vernommen habe, werde ich die höchste Wohnstatt Viṣṇus erlangen.“
Nārada
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: जयंत्याश्चैव = जयंत्याः + च + एव; यच्छ्रुत्वाहं = यत् + श्रुत्वा + अहम् (त् + श् → च्छ्; आ + अ → आ). तद्विष्णोः = तत् + विष्णोः (त् + व् → द्व्).
FAQs
“Pitāmaha” (Grandfather) is a common epithet for Brahmā, whom Nārada addresses while requesting the account.
The verse highlights śravaṇa (devotional hearing): Nārada seeks liberation/attainment of Viṣṇu’s supreme abode through hearing the māhātmya (sacred greatness).
It refers to Viṣṇu’s highest state or supreme abode—often understood in Vaiṣṇava contexts as the transcendent realm attained through devotion and divine grace.