Shloka 13

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

ददृशुः कृत्तिकास्तं तु बालमर्कसमद्युतिम्‌ । जातस्नेहाच्च सौहार्दात्‌ पुपुषु: स्तन्यविस्त्रवै:

Transliteration

dadṛśuḥ kṛttikās taṃ tu bālam arka-samad-yutim | jāta-snehāc ca sauhārdāt pupuṣuḥ stanya-vistravaiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „Die Kṛttikā-Mütter erblickten das Kind, strahlend wie die Sonne. Da in ihren Herzen Zuneigung aufstieg und aus freundlicher Zärtlichkeit, nährten sie es, indem sie Ströme von Milch aus ihren Brüsten fließen ließen.“

Word by Word

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कृत्तिकाः: the Kṛttikās (Pleiades nymphs)
• कृत्तिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बालम्: the boy/child
• बालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्कसमद्युतिम्: having radiance equal to the sun
• अर्कसमद्युतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क-सम-द्युति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जातस्नेहात्: from arisen affection
• जातस्नेहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जात-स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सौहार्दात्: from friendliness/affection
• सौहार्दात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• पुपुषुः: nourished
• पुपुषुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्तन्यविस्त्रवैः: with streams/flowings of milk
• स्तन्यविस्त्रवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन्य-विस्त्रव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kṛttikāḥ (Pleiades)
• the child (bāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as compassionate care: when innocence and need are encountered, affection and goodwill naturally translate into protection and nourishment, even without prior obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Kṛttikās see a sun-radiant infant and, moved by sudden affection and friendly tenderness, they feed him with their breast-milk, thereby sustaining and raising him.