Shloka 11
नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)
ततस्तं षडधिष्ठानं गर्भमेकत्वमागतम् । पृथिवी प्रतिजग्राह कार्तस्वरसमीपत:
tatas taṃ ṣaḍ-adhiṣṭhānaṃ garbham ekatvam āgatam | pṛthivī pratijagrāha kārtasvara-samīpataḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “Thereafter, when that embryo—nurtured through six supporting bases—was born and attained a single, distinct embodied existence, the Earth-goddess received the child, who was found near a mass of gold.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that births aligned with destiny and dharma are upheld by a larger cosmic order: the Earth herself is portrayed as a guardian who receives and protects what must endure.
Bhīṣma narrates that an embryo, sustained through ‘six supports,’ is born and becomes a single embodied being; the Earth-goddess then takes up the newborn found near gold, indicating divine or cosmic protection surrounding the child.