श्रीकृष्णजन्माष्टम्याः शुभाशयाः
śrīkṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamyāḥ śubhāśayāḥ
In Sanskrit, "happy Janmashtami" is श्रीकृष्णजन्माष्टम्याः शुभाशयाः (śrīkṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamyāḥ śubhāśayāḥ), literally "good wishes for Shri Krishna's Janmashtami".
The greeting wishes someone well for Janmashtami, the festival of Krishna's birth. जन्माष्टमी की शुभकामनाएँ is the Hindi form of the same wish, not Sanskrit.
How do you pronounce it?
śrīkṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamyāḥ śubhāśayāḥ
Did you know?
- During the celebrations of this day, many devotees perform 'Dahi Handi', where they break a clay pot of curd, a physical ritual that mimics the playful nature of the deity being celebrated.
- During Janmashtami, some devotees avoid using the greeting until midnight, because Lord Krishna is believed to have been born at exactly that hour.
- The name जन्माष्टमी joins janma (birth) and aṣṭamī (eighth day), because Krishna is said to have been born on the eighth day of the dark half of the month Bhādrapada.
