Shloka 61

The Greatness of Hari’s Janmāṣṭamī (Jayantī) Vow

Devanagari script

विना ऋक्षेऽपि कर्तव्या नवमीसंयुताष्टमी । उदये चाष्टमी किंचित्सकला नवमी यदि

Transliteration

vinā ṛkṣe'pi kartavyā navamīsaṃyutāṣṭamī | udaye cāṣṭamī kiṃcitsakalā navamī yadi

Translation

నక్షత్రాన్ని పరిగణించకున్నా నవమితో కలిసిన అష్టమిని ఆచరించాలి. సూర్యోదయానికి అష్టమీ కొద్దిగా ఉన్నా, నవమీ సంపూర్ణంగా ఉంటే, ఆ సంయుక్త ఆచరణే చేయాలి.

Word by Word

• विना: without
• विना: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/वर्जनार्थक अव्यय (preposition-like: ‘without’)

• ऋक्षे: in the nakṣatra
• ऋक्षे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; नक्षत्रे (in the lunar mansion)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• कर्तव्या: should be performed
• कर्तव्या: Vidhi (विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विध्यर्थ (should be done)

• नवमीसंयुता: joined with Navamī
• नवमीसंयुता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवमी + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नवम्या संयुता = joined with Navamī), विशेषण (अष्टमी)

• अष्टमी: the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उदये: at sunrise/at rising
• उदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• अष्टमी: the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: slightly/for a little (time)
• किञ्चित्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाण/अल्पार्थक अव्यय (a little/somewhat)

• सकला: complete/entire
• सकला: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (नवमी)

• नवमी: the ninth (tithi)
• नवमी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional ‘if’)

Speaker

Not specified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ऋक्षेऽपि → ऋक्षे + अपि; नवमीसंयुताष्टमी → नवमीसंयुता + अष्टमी; चाष्टमी → च + अष्टमी; किंचित्सकला → किञ्चित् + सकला.

FAQs

What calendrical rule is taught in this verse?

It gives a dharma-rule for deciding an observance based on tithi at sunrise: if Aṣṭamī touches sunrise even slightly while Navamī is fully present, the Aṣṭamī conjoined with Navamī is to be observed, even without nakṣatra consideration.

Does the verse require nakṣatra (lunar mansion) consideration for this observance?

No. It explicitly says the observance is to be done even without (vinā) the nakṣatra factor.

What is the practical ethical or ritual lesson here?

It emphasizes disciplined adherence to scriptural time-determination (tithi at sunrise) rather than personal preference, aiming for consistency and correctness in vrata observance.