Shloka 46

The Greatness of the Jayantī Vow

Fast, Vigil, and Worship of Hari/Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

व्रतं च पुण्यकारं च यः करोति सदा हरेः । स याति विष्णोर्वैकुंठं जयंतीसमुपोषकः

Transliteration

vrataṃ ca puṇyakāraṃ ca yaḥ karoti sadā hareḥ | sa yāti viṣṇorvaikuṃṭhaṃ jayaṃtīsamupoṣakaḥ

Translation

જે સદા હરિનું પુણ્યપ્રદ વ્રત કરે છે, તે જયંતીમાં ઉપવાસ કરીને વિષ્ણુના વૈકુંઠધામે જાય છે।

Word by Word

• vratam: vow, religious observance
• vratam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avayava (समुच्चय/coordination particle)

• puṇya-kāram: merit-producing
• puṇya-kāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of 'vratam'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samucchaya particle (समुच्चय)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (masc), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (काल-अव्यय/adverb of time)

• hareḥ: of Hari (Vishnu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun (correlative)

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• viṣṇoḥ: of Vishnu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• vaikuṇṭham: Vaikuntha (Vishnu’s abode)
• vaikuṇṭham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikuṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; (gati-sthāna as object of 'yāti')

• jayaṃtī-samupoṣakaḥ: one who duly fasts on Jayanti
• jayaṃtī-samupoṣakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayaṃtī (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-upoṣaka (प्रातिपदिक; from upa-vas with sam-upa- prefix, agent noun)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Pumliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; kartṛ-vācaka (agent noun)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (context not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: viṣṇorvaikuṃṭham = viṣṇoḥ + vaikuṇṭham; jayaṃtīsamupoṣakaḥ = jayaṃtī + samupoṣakaḥ.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Vishnu
• Vaikuntha
• Jayanti

FAQs

What practice is recommended in this verse?

It recommends performing Hari’s merit-producing vrata and specifically observing the Jayantī upavāsa (fast).

What result (phala) does the verse promise?

The promised result is attaining Viṣṇu’s abode, Vaikuṇṭha.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson emphasized?

Consistent devotional discipline—expressed through vrata and fasting dedicated to Viṣṇu—is presented as a direct means to spiritual uplift and ultimate divine attainment.