Thread by @AdiShloka

ॐ जनार्दनय नमः🙏
Đ Birth of the Unborn:

निशीथे तमउद्भ‍ूते जायमाने जनार्दने।
देवक्यां देवरूपिण्यां विष्णु: सर्वगुहाशय:।
आविरासीद् यथा प्राच्यां दिशीन्दुरिव पुष्कल:॥

At this auspicious time,
In the pitch darkness of midnight, Śrī Maha Vishnu,

#Janmāṣṭamī

Who is the resident Within the Hearts of all Creatures,
Janardana,
The Bhagavān who takes away the pangs of Birth & Death,
Đ Eternal,
Đ Immortal,
& Đ One Without Birth,
Chose to be Born as the son of Devaki & Vasudeva.

अथ सर्वगुणोपेतः कालः परमशोभनः।
"It was the most auspicious

and favourable time."

दिशः प्रसेदुर्गगनं निर्मलोडुगणोदयम्।
"The sky was immaculate."

The time was approaching midnight,
&
many jewels sprouted in the bowels of Earth,

नद्यः प्रसन्नसलिला।
"All the rivers flowed with Clean & Clear water."

all the birds woke Up & Started

crooning softly.
Đ Sun & Moon peeped out with their full compliment of stars, among which the star Rohini was the Brightest.

Rohini heralded the Birth of the Bhagavān.

Đ Creator Brahma & the other celestials entered the labor room
& Hymned the Bhagavān,
Whom they could see

shining Within Devaki's Womb.
The Yogis & the Devas showered the flowers from above🙏

अहो नृलोकस्य विडम्बनं हि तत्।

“Mother, do you know why I have shown you this Form of Mine? Because in your earlier Life,

You were Pṛshni & Vasudeva was Sutapā.
You both had done Penance to

Attain me.
O lucky parents!
What tortures would one not go through to have a sight like this? Lotus-eyed,
Four-armed,
Sporting the Conch,
Mace,
& other Weapons,
With the Luminous Shrivatsa mark &

the shining jewel Kaustubha on His Chest.
Wearing a Yellow Garment,
Possessed of the Majesty & grace of a rain cloud,
locks Gleaming with the luster of his diadem,
earrings studded with precious gems,
& bedecked with splendid ornaments :
such was the Wondrous Form of the Divine

child that appeared before them.

Realizing the child to be None other than Hari,
Đ Supreme Being, Vasudeva Prostrated himself before him.
He gazed into those Glorious eyes, which were overflowing with Love, &
felt such waves of bliss washing over him.

Again & again, He Prostrated before this Vision,
knowing him to be indeed that formless Brâhman extolled in the Vedas,
Which had taken on the Form of his Son.

Then Devaki exclaimed, “You are verily Vishnu,
Đ Light Spiritual,
Đ Unmanifest,
Đ Vast,
Đ Luminous🙏