Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

सन्तः संतोषम् अधिकं प्रशमं चण्डमारुताः प्रसादं निम्नगा याता जायमाने जनार्दने

Transliteration

santaḥ saṃtoṣam adhikaṃ praśamaṃ caṇḍamārutāḥ prasādaṃ nimnagā yātā jāyamāne janārdane

Translation

ଜନାର୍ଦନ ଜନ୍ମ ନେଉଥିବାବେଳେ ସନ୍ତମାନଙ୍କ ସନ୍ତୋଷ ଅଧିକ ବଢ଼ିଲା ଓ ଅନ୍ତରେ ପ୍ରଶାନ୍ତି ହେଲା। ଚଣ୍ଡ ପବନ ଶାନ୍ତ ହେଲା, ନଦୀମାନେ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ନିର୍ମଳ ଧାରାରେ ବହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• सन्तः: the good (people); saints
• सन्तः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संतोषम्: contentment
• संतोषम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अधिकम्: greater; increased
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (संतोषम्-विशेषण)

• प्रशमम्: calm; pacification
• प्रशमम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चण्डमारुताः: violent winds
• चण्डमारुताः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्ड + मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (चण्डाः मारुताः)

• प्रसादम्: serenity; clarity
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• निम्नगाः: rivers
• निम्नगाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निम्नगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• याताः: gone; become (attaining a state)
• याताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (√या) (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle/Kta), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); निम्नगाः-विशेषण

• जायमाने: when (he was) being born
• जायमाने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (√जन्) (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present middle participle; शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जनार्दने: in/at Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute; locus of event)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Janardana
• Saints (Santas)
• Rivers (Nimnaga)
• Winds (Marutas)

FAQs

What is the significance of nature becoming calm at Janardana’s birth in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals cosmic recognition of Vishnu’s descent: even winds and rivers mirror restored harmony, indicating the Lord’s sovereignty over prakriti and the rebalancing of dharma.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the world’s response to divine incarnation here?

Through auspicious, observable changes—inner peace among the virtuous and pacification in the elements—Parāśara frames the avatāra as a universal event, not merely a local human birth.

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

Janārdana is presented as the Supreme Reality whose presence naturally pacifies disorder; the verse emphasizes Vishnu’s lordship over both moral order and the elemental world.