Shloka 3

श्रीकृष्ण-जन्म, वसुदेव-यमुनातरण, बालिका-उत्क्षेपः, देवी-प्रादुर्भावः

Devanagari script

तज्जन्मदिनम् अत्यर्थम् आह्लाद्य् अमलदिङ्मुखम् बभूव सर्वलोकस्य कौमुदी शशिनो यथा

Transliteration

tajjanmadinam atyartham āhlādy amaladiṅmukham babhūva sarvalokasya kaumudī śaśino yathā

Translation

အရှင်၏ မွေးနေ့သည် အလွန်ပျော်ရွှင်ဖွယ် ဖြစ်လာပြီး မိုးကောင်းကင်အနားသတ်များ သန့်ရှင်းတောက်ပလာသည်။ လောကအလုံးစုံအတွက် ထိုနေ့သည် လမင်း၏ အေးမြဖြူစင်သော အလင်းရောင်ကဲ့သို့ ပျံ့နှံ့သွားသည်။

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• जन्मदिनम्: birth-day
• जन्मदिनम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जन्मनः दिनम्)

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly
• अत्यर्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Degree adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable); परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (intensifier)

• आह्लादि: gladdened; delighted
• आह्लादि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√ह्लाद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• अमलदिङ्मुखम्: the pure faces of the directions (horizons)
• अमलदिङ्मुखम्: Karma (Object of आह्लादि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमल + दिक् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (अमलानि दिङ्मुखानि—तानि)

• बभूव: became; was
• बभूव: Kriya (Copular/Existential)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (√भू) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• सर्वलोकस्य: of the whole world
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय (सर्वः लोकः)

• कौमुदी: moonlight; the bright night
• कौमुदी: Pratimana/Upamana-dharma (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमुदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शशिनः: of the moon
• शशिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as; like
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable); उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Sage Parasara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Portents and auspicious signs accompanying Krishna’s birth.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: His birth-day fills all worlds with joy and purity, signaling the descent that will relieve the world’s burden.

Leela: Bala

Dharma Restored: Renewal of auspiciousness and purity across the worlds at the avatāra’s advent.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• All worlds (sarvaloka)
• Moon (shashin)

FAQs

What is the significance of the moonlight metaphor in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It conveys that Krishna’s birth spreads cool, purifying joy everywhere—like moonlight that gently illumines the whole world—signaling a cosmic auspiciousness rather than a merely local event.

How does Sage Parasara explain the world’s response to Krishna’s birth here?

Parasara depicts nature and the directions themselves becoming ‘amalā’ (spotless/clear), implying that the universe harmonizes with and celebrates the Lord’s descent.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Krishna’s birth is presented as the advent of the Supreme Lord whose presence restores purity and delight across all realms, reinforcing Vishnu’s sovereignty and grace in sustaining cosmic order.