In Janmashtami, Janma means ‘Birth’ and Ashtami means the ‘Eighth Day’. Performing Krishna Jayanthi Puja on this day is considered very auspicious to invoke the blessings of Lord Krishna.
I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness.