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Shloka 16

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

अंशो मित्रश्न साध्याक्ष वासवो वसवो5दश्चिनौ । आपो वायुर्नभश्रन्द्रो नक्षत्राणि ग्रहा रवि:

Transliteration

aṁśo mitraś ca sādhyāś ca vāsavo vasavo daśa ca aśvinau | āpo vāyur nabhaś candro nakṣatrāṇi grahā raviḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Aṁśa, Mitra und die Sādhyas; Vāsava (Indra) und die zehn Vasus; die beiden Aśvins; die Wasser, der Wind, der Himmel (Äther/Raum), der Mond; die Sternbilder, die Planeten und die Sonne—so wurden diese göttlichen Mächte aufgezählt.

Word by Word

अंशःAṃśa (a deity named Aṃśa / a portion)

मित्रःMitra (the deity Mitra)

श्नःŚna (a deity-name; reading uncertain)

साध्याःthe Sādhyas (a class of gods)

अक्षःAkṣa (a deity-name / 'axle, eye'—here likely a name)

वासवःVāsava (Indra)

वसवःthe Vasus (a class of gods)

आदित्याःthe Ādityas (a class of gods)

अश्विनौthe Aśvins (twin gods)

आपःwaters

वायुःwind (Vāyu)

नभःsky

चन्द्रःthe Moon (Candra)

नक्षत्राणिconstellations / lunar mansions

ग्रहाःplanets

रविःthe Sun (Ravi)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Aṁśa

Mitra

Sādhyas

Vāsava (Indra)

Vasus

Aśvins

Āpas (Waters)

Vāyu (Wind)

Nabhas (Sky/Space)

Candra (Moon)

Nakṣatras (Constellations)

Grahās (Planets)

Ravi (Sun)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By listing major deities and cosmic forces, the verse frames dharma as grounded in a universal moral cosmos: the same powers that sustain life (sun, moon, waters, wind, stars) also function as guardians and witnesses of right conduct, reinforcing accountability beyond human society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is enumerating divine beings and cosmic elements—Aṁśa, Mitra, the Sādhyas, Indra, the Vasus, the Aśvins, and celestial/elemental forces—within his Anuśāsana-parvan instruction, as part of a broader discourse that connects ethical duty with the structure of the universe.