Shloka 17
नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)
पृथग्भूतानि चान्यानि यानि देवार्पणानि वै । आज शम्मुस्ते5दभुतं द्रष्ट कुमारं ज्वलनात्मजम्
pṛthagbhūtāni cānyāni yāni devārpaṇāni vai | adya śam muṣṭe 'dbhutaṃ draṣṭuṃ kumāraṃ jvalanātmajam ||
Bhīṣma sprach: „Und es gibt auch andere Opfergaben, eigens beiseitegelegt—Gaben, die den Göttern bestimmt sind. Heute ist es euch wahrlich günstig, ein Wunder zu schauen: den jungen Kumāra, den Sohn des Feuergottes, der in seinem Wesen selbst erstrahlt.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic importance of properly distinguishing and dedicating offerings meant for the gods, and frames the encounter with a divine figure as an auspicious, ethically charged moment—suggesting reverence, ritual propriety, and openness to the extraordinary within sacred contexts.
Bhīṣma is describing offerings that are set aside for the gods and then announces that, on that very day, the listener is to witness something wondrous: a radiant youth identified as the son of the Fire-god (Agni).