Shloka 41

The Greatness of Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī

Rādhā’s Birth-Eighth Observance

Devanagari script

वृषभानो र्यज्ञभूमौ जाता सा राधिका दिवा । यज्ञार्थं शोधितायां च दृष्टा सा दिव्यरूपिणी

Transliteration

vṛṣabhāno ryajñabhūmau jātā sā rādhikā divā | yajñārthaṃ śodhitāyāṃ ca dṛṣṭā sā divyarūpiṇī

Translation

Si Rādhikā ay isinilang sa araw sa yajña-bhūmi ni Vṛṣabhānu. At nang linisin ang lugar para sa paghahandog, nakita siya roon—nagniningning sa banal na anyo.

Word by Word

• वृषभानोः: of Vṛṣabhānu
• वृषभानोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — possessor (of Vṛṣabhānu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• यज्ञभूमौ: in the sacrificial ground
• यज्ञभूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — location
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष-समासः (यज्ञस्य भूमिः)

• जाता: born
• जाता: Kriya (क्रिया) — predicate participle
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता) — subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• राधिका: Rādhikā
• राधिका: Karta (कर्ता) — apposition to सा
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper noun

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — time locus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय) 'by day/in daytime'

• यज्ञार्थम्: for the sacrifice
• यज्ञार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन) — purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); purpose-accusative; तत्पुरुष-समासः (यज्ञस्य अर्थः)

• शोधितायाम्: when (it) had been purified
• शोधितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — locative absolute (circumstantial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध्/शोधय् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) (स्त्री) / or शुध् + क्त + सप्तमी
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि) used in Locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/सप्तमी-absolute), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); implied noun: (भूमौ) शोधितायाम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — connective
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• दृष्टा: was seen
• दृष्टा: Kriya (क्रिया) — predicate participle (was seen)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता) — subject (of 'dṛṣṭā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• दिव्यरूपिणी: of divine form
• दिव्यरूपिणी: Karta (कर्ता) — subject qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय-समासः (दिव्यं रूपं यस्याः/दिव्यरूपा)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration within Brahma-khaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: वृषभानो र्यज्ञभूमौ = वृषभानोः + यज्ञभूमौ

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabhānu
• Rādhikā (Rādhā)
• yajña (sacrifice)

FAQs

What does this verse say about Rādhā’s appearance in the Padma Purāṇa?

It presents Rādhikā as appearing/born at Vṛṣabhānu’s sacrificial ground, and describes her as being seen in a divine, radiant form when the site was ritually purified for the yajña.

Why is the purification of the yajña-bhūmi emphasized here?

Ritual purification (śodhana) marks the space as fit for sacred action; the verse links that sanctified context with the manifestation/visibility of Rādhikā’s divinity (divya-rūpiṇī).

What theological theme does this verse support in the Padma Purāṇa?

It supports a Vaiṣṇava-bhakti framing in which divine figures manifest in consecrated settings, and where devotion and sacred rites become occasions for perceiving divine presence.