Shloka 4

The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow

Devanagari script

महापातकसंयुक्तः करोति व्रतमुत्तमम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तश्चांते याति हरेर्गृहम्

Transliteration

mahāpātakasaṃyuktaḥ karoti vratamuttamam | sarvapāpavinirmuktaścāṃte yāti harergṛham

Translation

മഹാപാതകങ്ങളാൽ ബന്ധിതനായാലും ഉത്തമവ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി അവസാനം ഹരിയുടെ ധാമത്തിൽ എത്തുന്നു।

Word by Word

• महापातक-संयुक्तः: one associated with great sins
• महापातक-संयुक्तः: कर्ता (Karta—subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक + संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘संयुक्तः’; तत्पुरुषः: महापातकेन संयुक्तः (associated with great sins)

• करोति: does/performs
• करोति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतम्: vow/observance
• व्रतम्: कर्म (Karma—object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् व्रतम् प्रति

• सर्वपाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: कर्ता (Karta—subject, same agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपाप + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; √मुच् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘विनिर्मुक्तः’; तत्पुरुषः: सर्वपापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः (freed from all sins)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्ते: at the end (finally)
• अन्ते: अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa—time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter usage), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); कालवाचक (time-locative)

• याति: goes
• याति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृहम्: home/abode
• गृहम्: कर्म (Karma—goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to identify the dialogue pair).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्रतमुत्तमम् = व्रतम् + उत्तमम्; विनिर्मुक्तश्चांते = विनिर्मुक्तः + च + अन्ते; हरेर्गृहम् = हरेः + गृहम्.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Vishnu

FAQs

Does this verse claim that even major sins can be purified?

Yes. It states that even a person tainted by mahāpātakas can become free from all sins by performing an “uttama” (supreme) vrata, culminating in attaining Hari’s abode.

What is meant by “Hari’s abode” (harer gṛham) here?

It is a devotional way of indicating Viṣṇu’s divine realm—liberation framed as reaching the Lord’s presence rather than merely achieving an abstract state.

What ethical lesson does the verse emphasize?

It underscores moral transformation: sincere, disciplined religious observance (vrata) is presented as a powerful means of repentance, purification, and reorientation of one’s life toward the divine.