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# Tithyarka 2.p1.29

Tithyarka 2.p1.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.p1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.2.p1.29)

"ye na kurvanti jānantaḥ kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvratam  
te bhavanti narāḥ prājña ! vyālā vyāghrāśca kānane ||”  
iti skānde'niṣṭaśruteḥ  
jayantīvrataṃ nityaṃ kāmyañca, pratyavāyaphalaviśeṣayoḥ śravaṇāt  
akaraṇe pratyavāyaḥ skānde smaryate—  
"kriyāhīnasya mūrkhasya parānnaṃ bhuñjato'pi vā  
na kṛtaghnasya loko'sti jayantīvimukhasya ca ||” iti  
phalabodhakaṃ vākyaṃ tu viṣṇudharmottare jayantīṃ prakṛtya śrūyate—  
"yadbālye yacca kaumāre yauvane vārdhake tathā  
bahujanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ hanti sopoṣitā tithiḥ ||” iti dik  
atha vratagrahaṇaprakāro viṣṇudharmottare—  
"vāsudevaṃ samuddiśya sarvapāpapraśāntaye  
upavāsaṃ kariṣyāmi kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ nabhasyaham  
adya kṛṣṇāṣṭamīṃ devīṃ nabhaścandrasarohiṇīm  
arcayitvopavāsena bhokṣye'hamapare'hani  
enaso mokṣakāmo'smi yad govinda ! triyonijam  
tanme muñcati pāśaṃ hipatitaṃ śokasāgare ( ? )  
ājanma maraṇaṃ yāvad yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam  
tatpraṇāśaya govinda ! prasīda puruṣottama ! ||”  
iti prātaḥ ślokān paṭhitvā saṅkalpaṃ kuryāt | tato'rddharātre  
śrīkṛṣṇaṃ vratavidhinā sampūjya, jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā, aparadine punaḥ  
sampūjya, brāhmaṇān saṃbhojya, pāraṇaṃ kuryāt | tatkālastu  
brahmavaivartte—  
“aṣṭamyāmatha rohiṇyāṃ na kuryātpāraṇaṃ kvacit  
hanyāt purākṛtaṃ karma upavāsārjitaṃ phalam  
tithirāṣṭaguṇaṃ hanti nakṣatrañca caturguṇam  
tasmātprayatnataḥ kuryāt tithibhānte ca pāraṇam ||” iti  
anyatarānte kāryamityapi nāradīye—  
“tithinakṣatrasaṃyoge upavāso yadā bhavet  
pāraṇaṃ tu na karttavyaṃ yāvannaikasya saṃkṣayaḥ  
sāṃyogike vrate prāpte yatraiko'pi viyujyate

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