श्रोणायां श्रवणद्वादश्यां मुहूर्तेऽभिजिति प्रभु: । सर्वे नक्षत्रताराद्याश्चक्रुस्तज्जन्म दक्षिणम् ॥ ५ ॥
sronayam sravana-dvadasyam muhurte ’bhijiti prabhuh sarve naksatra-taradyas cakrus taj-janma daksinam
- sronayam
- when the moon was situated in the Sravana lunar mansion
- sravana-dvadasyam
- on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhadra, the day famous as the Sravana-dvadasi
- muhurte
- in the auspicious moment
- abhijiti
- in the first portion of the Sravana lunar mansion known as the Abhijit-naksatra and in the Abhijit-muhurta (occurring at midday)
- prabhuh
- the Lord
- sarve
- all
- naksatra
- stars
- tara
- planets
- adyah
- beginning with the sun and followed by the other planets
- cakruh
- made
- tat-janma
- the birthday of the Lord
- daksinam
- very munificent
On the day of Sravana-dvadasi (the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhadra), when the moon came into the lunar mansion Sravana, at the auspicious moment of Abhijit, the Lord appeared in this universe. Considering the Lord’s appearance very auspicious, all the stars and planes, from the sun to Saturn, were munificently charitable.