Shloka 83

The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow

Devanagari script

किंचित्पुष्पं कियद्गंधं वस्त्रं चानीय हर्षितः । एतद्व्रतं समायुक्तं तिथिभांते च पारणम् । व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण चित्रसेनो हरेर्गृहम्

Transliteration

kiṃcitpuṣpaṃ kiyadgaṃdhaṃ vastraṃ cānīya harṣitaḥ | etadvrataṃ samāyuktaṃ tithibhāṃte ca pāraṇam | vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa citraseno harergṛham

Translation

ເຂົານຳດອກໄມ້ເພີຍນ້ອຍ ນ້ຳຫອມເພີຍນ້ອຍ ແລະຜ້າໜຶ່ງຜືນມາ ແລ້ວມີຄວາມປິຕິ. ວັດນີ້ພຶງປະຕິບັດໃຫ້ຖືກຕາມວິທີ ແລະເຮັດປາຣະນະ (ແກ້ອົດ) ໃນທ້າຍຕິຖີ. ດ້ວຍອານຸພາບແຫ່ງວັດນີ້ ຈິຕຣາເສນະໄດ້ເຖິງພະນິເວດຂອງພະຫຣິ (ພຣະວິສນຸ).

Word by Word

• kiṃcit: some, a little
• kiṃcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; indeclinable-like pronominal form used adjectivally with neuter noun

• puṣpam: flower
• puṣpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• kiyat: a small amount of
• kiyat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kiyat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; interrogative/indefinite adjective used as ‘a little’

• gandham: fragrance
• gandham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• vastram: cloth, garment
• vastram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी) + ā- (उपसर्ग) (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having brought’

• harṣitaḥ: delighted
• harṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ (हृष्) + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past participle used predicatively

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative adjective qualifying ‘vratam’

• vratam: vow, observance
• vratam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• samāyuktam: properly performed/combined
• samāyuktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√yuj (युज्) + क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agreeing with ‘vratam’

• tithi-bhānte: at the end of the tithi
• tithi-bhānte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘tithi-bhānta’ = tither bhānte (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तिथेः भान्ते) ‘at the end of the lunar day’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• pāraṇam: the concluding rite (breaking the fast)
• pāraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘breaking the fast’

• vratasya: of the vow
• vratasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun referring to the vow/observance

• prabhāveṇa: by the power/effect
• prabhāveṇa: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• citrasenaḥ: Citrāsena
• citrasenaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citrasena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name

• hareḥ: of Hari (Vishnu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• gṛham: house, abode
• gṛham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: kiṃcitpuṣpam → kiṃcit + puṣpam; kiyadgaṃdham → kiyat + gandham; cānīya → ca + ānīya; etadvratam → etat + vratam; tithibhāṃte kept as tatpuruṣa ‘tithi-bhānte’; harergṛham → hareḥ + gṛham.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Citrāsena

FAQs

What is the main instruction of this verse about observing a vrata?

It emphasizes simple devotional offerings (flowers, fragrance, cloth) and states that the vow should be completed with pāraṇa (the concluding breaking of the fast) at the end of the tithi (lunar day).

Who is Citrāsena in this verse, and what result is described?

Citrāsena is the named beneficiary of the vow’s merit; the verse states that by the vow’s power he reached the abode of Hari (Viṣṇu).

What ethical or spiritual lesson does the verse convey?

That sincere, correctly performed observances—even with modest materials—carry spiritual potency, culminating in devotion-oriented liberation or proximity to Viṣṇu.