Shloka 16

The Greatness of the Jayantī Vow

Fast, Vigil, and Worship of Hari/Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

आपदाहरणार्थाय तीर्थसेवाकृतात्मनाम् । सत्यव्रतानां यत्पुण्यं जयंत्यां समुपोषणे

Transliteration

āpadāharaṇārthāya tīrthasevākṛtātmanām | satyavratānāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

Translation

Untuk menyingkirkan bala bencana—itulah pahala suci milik para pemegang satya-vrata, yang jiwanya terdidik melalui khidmat kepada tīrtha; pada hari Jayantī, dengan berupavāsa sepenuhnya, pahala itu diperoleh.

Word by Word

• आपदाहरणार्थाय: for the purpose of removing calamity
• आपदाहरणार्थाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद् + हरण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; हेतु/प्रयोजनार्थे दत्तिः (dative of purpose)

• तीर्थसेवाकृतात्मनाम्: of those whose selves are made (purified) by service to holy places
• तीर्थसेवाकृतात्मनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + सेवा + कृत + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• सत्यव्रतानाम्: of those with truthful vows
• सत्यव्रतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (यत् इत्यस्य विशेष्य)

• जयंत्याम्: on (the day of) Jayantī
• जयंत्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• समुपोषणे: in the observance of complete fasting
• समुपोषणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-उप-उपोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa context; exact dialogue pair not provided in the excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: tirtha

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: यत्पुण्यं = यत् + पुण्यम् (त् + प् संधि). तीर्थसेवाकृतात्मनाम्: तीर्थ-सेवा- (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) + कृतात्मन् (कृदन्त-आधारित प्रातिपदिक) समाससम्बन्धः.

Characters & Entities

• Jayantī
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What practice is highlighted as a means to remove calamities in this verse?

The verse emphasizes samupoṣaṇa (a complete fast) performed on Jayantī, especially by those committed to truth and refined through tīrtha-sevā (service to sacred pilgrimage places).

How does the verse connect tīrtha-sevā with spiritual merit?

It presents service to tīrthas as a discipline that purifies and steadies the person (kṛtātmanām), making their religious observances—like fasting on Jayantī—particularly meritorious.

What ethical ideal is foregrounded alongside ritual observance?

Satya-vrata—commitment to truth—is highlighted as the key ethical foundation accompanying the ritual act of fasting.