Shloka 9
The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow
दिलीप उवाच । भाद्रे मास्यसिताष्टम्यां यस्यां जातो जनार्द्दनः । तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथयस्व महामुने
dilīpa uvāca | bhādre māsyasitāṣṭamyāṃ yasyāṃ jāto janārddanaḥ | tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mahāmune
ദിലീപൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഭാദ്രമാസത്തിലെ കൃഷ്ണപക്ഷ അഷ്ടമിയിൽ ജനാർദനൻ അവതരിച്ച കാര്യം ഞാൻ കേൾക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ മഹാമുനേ, ദയവായി പറയുക।
King Dilīpa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मास्यसिताष्टम्यां = मासि + असिताष्टम्याम् (इ/अ सन्धि); तदहं = तत् + अहम् (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि: द् + अ → द); श्रोतुमिच्छामि = श्रोतुम् + इच्छामि (म् + इ → मि); जनार्द्दनः spelling reflects gemination (र्द्द) in some recensions.
FAQs
It points to kṛṣṇa-aṣṭamī in Bhādra (Bhādrapada), widely associated with Janārdana/Kṛṣṇa’s birth—i.e., the Janmāṣṭamī tithi.
Janārdana is a revered epithet of Viṣṇu, often used for Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva in devotional and festival contexts.
He models śravaṇa (devotional listening): respectfully requesting sacred instruction from a sage to understand the significance of a holy time and divine manifestation.