Devi Bhagavatam — Skandha 9 - Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Shloka 69
Yama's Description of Karma Vipaka and the Supremacy of Devi Yajna
करोति भारते यो हि कृष्णजन्माष्टमीव्रतम् । शतजन्मकृतं पापं मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
karoti bhārate yo hi kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvratam | śatajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
ဘရတတိုင်းပြည်၌ ကရိရှ်နားနတ်မင်း၏ မွေးနေ့ဥပုသ်ကို စောင့်ထိန်းသူသည် ဘဝပေါင်းတစ်ရာမှ အကုသိုလ်ဒုစရိုက်များမှ အမှန်တကယ် လွတ်မြောက်၏။
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Recitation Occasion: Janmashtami
Phala Shruti: Undoubtedly freed from the sins accumulated over a hundred births
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Narrator: Vyasa
Listener: Janamejaya
Dialogue Context: Declaring the supreme glory of observing the Krishna Janmashtami Vrata
Narrative Layer: primary
Text: Janmashtami fasting and midnight worship.
Text: Highlights the extreme potency of divine descent (Avatara) days; aligning one's austerity with cosmic events burns massive karmic debt.
FAQs
It is the sacred vow of fasting and worship observed on the birthday of Lord Krishna (the 8th day of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada).
It completely destroys the sins accumulated by the soul over a hundred past lifetimes.
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