Jai Shri Krishna

Jai Shri Krishna (or Jai Shree Krishna) is a Hindi expression, translating as "Glory to Krishna" or "Victory to Krishna",[1] a major deity in Hinduism. The glory expression is believed to have hailed from the Mahajans and Vaishnavites.[2][3] The expression is said to greet another person wishing them full of success[4] and has also been used as a greeting accompanied with namaste or bowing head,[5] specially while greeting elder ones.[6][7] Greeting someone with "Jai Shree Krishna" means you are blessing them that "May you get enriched with all that lord Krishna taught us in Shreemad Bhagawad Gita and win yourself out of all odds of the materialistic world".

For the television series, see Jai Shri Krishna (TV series).
See also: Jai Shri Ram

Jai Shri Krishna expression is widely used expression to greet people during the Hindu festival of Janmashtmi, which celebrates the birth of Krishna.[8][9] In present day, Jai Shri Krishna is widely used among the Vaishnav community, Jain community, Gujataris and Rajasthanis, based in and out of India.[10][11][12][13]

Anecdotes

In one instance in Hindu text, when demons failed to kill Krishna, Kansa thought to kill him by inviting him to Mathura. On reaching Mathura, Krishna met with one of Kansa's washerman, requesting for few dresses for his friends who have accompanied him. The soldier on learning that it is Krihna who is infront of him and that he is Kansa's undeclared enemy, tried to kill Krishna assuming he will be rewarded. Looking at the soldier's failed attempt and Krishna's strength, the crowd accumulated in market poured with slogans on Krishna and such as Jai Shri Krishna along with Jai Shri Balram and Jai Shri Vasudev, hence glorifying Krishna's brother and father respectively.[14]

There is a series with the same name aired on Colors TV between 21 July 2008 to 15 September 2009, which itself is a remake of Sri Krishna, which was aired between 1993 to 1997 in Doordarshan and was re-telecasted in 2020.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the 2020 Janmashtmi festival greeted his followers with a tweet mentioning Jai Shri Krishna. The tweet read, "Best wishes on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. Jai Shri Krishna.".[15]

References
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  2. Eightyfour Vaishnavas. Shri Vallabha Publications. 1985. p. 37.
  3. Rajasthan (India) (1976). Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Pali. Printed at Government Central Press. p. 65.
  4. Subhash Krishna (19 July 2020). Salvation by Lord Shri Krishna. Notion Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-64587-108-8.
  5. Pattanaik, Devdutt (1998). Vishnu: An Introduction. Mumbai: Vakils, Feffer and Simons. p. 100. People often greet each other with phrases like … 'Jai Shri Krishna'
  6. Dr Ahmad Sayeed (4 October 2014). Know Your India: "Turn a New Page to Write Nationalism". Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 48. ISBN 978-93-84318-68-0.
  7. Harriet Curtis-Lowe (25 September 2014). Where the Streams Meet. Andrews UK Limited. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-909183-60-5.
  8. Debjani Chatterjee (12 August 2020). "Happy Krishna Janmashtami: Twitter Abuzz With Greetings And Pics". NDTV.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. "Lord Krishna's homeland Braj celebrates Janamashtmi". 29 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  10. "Diversity in Indian Context" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. Saul Tripathi (1 April 2003). "Powers of transformation". Index on Censorship. 32 (2): 125–131. doi:10.1080/03064220308537225. S2CID 143591570.
  12. Dr Partha Sarkar (24 February 2019). Media And Politics. Pratishthaa Publishing House. p. 109. GGKEY:7HEHNY0ZTB3.
  13. S. D. S. Yadava (2006). Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India. Lancer Publishers. p. 164. ISBN 978-81-7062-216-1.
  14. Dr. Krishna Murari Soni. Lord Krishna and his Leadership. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. p. 23. ISBN 978-93-5083-051-2.
  15. "PM Modi Greets On Janmashtami". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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