द्वादश्यां सवितातिष्ठन्मध्यन्दिनगतो नृप ।
विजयानाम सा प्रोक्ता यस्यां जन्म विदुर्हरेः ॥६॥

dvÄdaÅ›yÄá¹ savitÄtiṣṭhan
madhyandina-gato ná¹›pa
vijayÄ-nÄma sÄ proktÄ
yasyÄá¹ janma vidur hareḥ

 dvÄdaÅ›yÄm - on the twelfth day of the moon; savitÄ - the sun; atiṣṭhat - was staying; madhyam-dina-gataḥ - on the meridian; ná¹›pa - O King; vijayÄ-nÄma - by the name VijayÄ;  - that day; proktÄ - is called; yasyÄm - on which; janma - the appearance; viduḥ - they know; hareḥ - of Lord Hari.


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O King, when the Lord appeared — on dvÄdaśī, the twelfth day of the moon — the sun was at the meridian, as every learned scholar knows. This dvÄdaśī is called VijayÄ.

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