Shloka 20

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

लेभिरे परम हर्ष मेनिरे चासुरं हतम्‌ । ततो देवा: प्रियाण्यस्य सर्व एव समाहरन्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | lebhire parama-harṣaṁ menire cāsuraṁ hatam | tato devāḥ priyāṇy asya sarva eva samāharan |

Translation

Bhishma said: They attained the highest joy and became convinced that the demon would be slain. Thereupon all the gods gathered and brought to him the cherished offerings dear to him. (In context, the seers praise the child and the Gandharvas sing his fame; seeing his radiant, extraordinary form, the gods take it as an auspicious assurance that Tārakāsura’s end is now certain.)

Word by Word

• लेभिरे: they obtained
• लेभिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: LiT (Perfect), Parasmaipada, 3, Plural

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हर्षम्: joy
• हर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मेनिरे: they thought, they believed
• मेनिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: LiT (Perfect), Atmanepada, 3, Plural

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

• असुरम्: the demon
• असुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतम्: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (kta), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रियाणि: dear things, pleasing gifts
• प्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• समाहरन्: they brought together, they offered
• समाहरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ
• Form: LuN (Aorist, injunctive-like form), Parasmaipada, 3, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Asura (the demon)
• Tārakāsura (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When righteous forces recognize a divinely sanctioned means to restore order, they respond with unified support and reverent offering; confidence arises not from arrogance but from perceiving auspicious signs aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After seeing the extraordinary child (Kumāra/Skanda in the surrounding passage) and taking it as a sure sign that the demon Tāraka will be killed, the gods rejoice and collectively bring him offerings dear to him.