Shloka 31

The Greatness of Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī

Rādhā’s Birth-Eighth Observance

Devanagari script

कृष्णेन राधया तत्र स्थिता व्रतप्रसादतः । राधाष्टमीव्रतं तात यो न कुर्य्याच्च मूढधीः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇena rādhayā tatra sthitā vrataprasādataḥ | rādhāṣṭamīvrataṃ tāta yo na kuryyācca mūḍhadhīḥ

Translation

ด้วยอานิสงส์แห่งวรตนั้น ราธาย่อมประทับอยู่ที่นั่นร่วมกับพระกฤษณะ โอ้ลูกเอ๋ย ผู้ใดมีปัญญาทึบไม่ถือวรตราธาษฏมี...

Word by Word

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• राधया: by Radha
• राधया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्थिताः: having remained; staying
• स्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• व्रतप्रसादतः: due to the grace/merit of the vow
• व्रतप्रसादतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (व्रतस्य प्रसादः); पुँलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular); हेतौ (cause)

• राधाष्टमीव्रतम्: the Radha-Ashtami vow
• राधाष्टमीव्रतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा + अष्टमी + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (राधायाः अष्टमी-व्रतम् / राधा-अष्टमी-व्रतम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• तात: O dear one (son)
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मूढधीः: a deluded-minded (person)
• मूढधीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (मूढा धीः यस्य = one whose intellect is deluded); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (likely a narrator/teacher addressing a listener as 'tāta')

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: kuryyācca → कुर्यात् + च (assimilation in transmission); otherwise straightforward.

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Radha
• Radhastami

FAQs

What is the central teaching of this verse?

It links the continued presence/abiding of Rādhā with Kṛṣṇa to the merit (prasāda) of observing the Rādhāṣṭamī vow, and warns against neglecting that observance.

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It presents devotional observance (vrata) centered on Rādhā as spiritually efficacious, implying that sincere devotion and ritual commitment draw divine grace and proximity to Kṛṣṇa.

What ethical lesson is implied by the phrase 'mūḍhadhīḥ' (deluded intellect)?

It cautions that disregarding meaningful spiritual duties out of negligence or misunderstanding is a mark of poor discernment, encouraging mindful commitment to vowed practices.