Shloka 1

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

अपन का छा | अप्-#-रू- षडशीतितमो< ध्याय: कार्तिकेयकी उत्पत्ति

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: uktāḥ pitāmahenaiha suvarṇasya vidhānataḥ | vistareṇa pradānasya ye guṇāḥ śruti-lakṣaṇāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Grandfather, you have here explained, in accordance with proper procedure, the giving of gold. Please set forth in detail the merits of such gifts as characterized in the Vedas (śruti), so that the full ethical and scriptural value of this act of charity may be understood.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• उक्ताः: have been stated / were spoken
• उक्ताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पितामहेन: by (the) grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विधानतः: according to rule / in due manner
• विधानतः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रदानस्य: of giving / donation
• प्रदानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ये: which
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणाः: qualities / merits
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रुतिलक्षणाः: characterized by the Veda (Shruti) / scripturally defined
• श्रुतिलक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुतिलक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पितामह / भीष्म (Pitāmaha / Bhīṣma)
• सुवर्ण (gold)
• श्रुति (Vedic revelation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That charity (dāna), especially valuable gifts like gold, is not merely material generosity but a dharmic act whose merit depends on being performed according to proper rule (vidhi) and in alignment with Vedic testimony (śruti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and requests a fuller, detailed account of the Veda-attested merits and qualities of giving gold, continuing the instructional dialogue on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva.