Shloka 11
श्राद्ध त्वभिजिता कुर्वन् भिषक्सिद्धिमवाप्रुयात् । श्रवणेषु ददच्छाद्धं प्रेत्य गच्छेत् स सद्गोतिम्,अभिजित् नक्षत्रमें श्राद्ध करनेवाला वैद्यविषयक सिद्धि पाता है। श्रवण नक्षत्रमें श्राद्धका दान देनेवाला मानव मृत्युके पश्चात् सदगतिको प्राप्त होता है
śrāddhaṃ tv abhijitā kurvan bhiṣak-siddhim avāpnuyāt | śravaṇeṣu dadac chrāddhaṃ pretya gacchet sa sad-gatim ||
Bhishma said: One who performs the śrāddha under the nakṣatra Abhijit attains success in the calling of a physician. And one who gives the śrāddha-offering when Śravaṇa prevails, after death goes to a good and auspicious state.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that śrāddha performed with proper auspicious timing (nakṣatra) yields specific fruits: worldly success (here, professional accomplishment for a physician) and spiritual benefit (a good post-mortem destination). It underscores the dharmic idea that faith-filled ancestral rites, done at appropriate times, generate merit.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, including rules and fruits of śrāddha. Here he states the results of performing or donating śrāddha offerings when Abhijit or Śravaṇa nakṣatras prevail.