Shloka 12
नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)
स गर्भो दिव्यसंस्थानो दीप्तिमान् पावकप्रभ: । दिव्यं शरवणं प्राप्य ववृधे प्रियदर्शन:
sa garbho divyasaṁsthāno dīptimān pāvakaprabhaḥ | divyaṁ śaravaṇaṁ prāpya vavṛdhe priyadarśanaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Aquel niño tenía una forma celestial, resplandeciente, y brillaba con el fulgor del fuego. Grato a la vista, llegó al divino matorral de cañas (Śaravaṇa) y, nacido allí, creció día tras día».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the idea that extraordinary virtue or divine purpose is often marked by auspicious signs—radiance, beauty, and a fitting place of birth—suggesting that inner tejas (spiritual potency) manifests outwardly and calls for protection and proper nurturing.
Bhishma describes a wondrous child: even as an embryo he shines like fire, has a divine bodily form, is pleasing to behold, and after reaching the divine reed-thicket (Śaravaṇa) he is born there and grows steadily day by day.