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

ລາວໄດ້ຂຶ້ນນັ່ງວິມານທິບ ແລ້ວເດີນທາງໄປພ້ອມກັບປິຕຣະ (ບັນພະບຸລຸດ); ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນບຸນດຽວກັນກັບການໄປມະຖຸຣາ ແລະໄດ້ເບິ່ງພະພັກຕຣະຂອງພຣະກຣິດສະນະດຸຈດອກບົວ

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).