Shloka 1
Śrāddha-utpatti and Nivāpa–Agni Precedence (श्राद्धोत्पत्तिः—निवापेऽग्निपूर्वकत्वम्)
अपन बछ। है २ >> एकोननवतितमो< ध्याय: विभिन्न नक्षत्रोंमें श्राद्ध करनेका फल भीष्म उवाच यमस्तु यानि श्राद्धानि प्रोवाच शशबिन्दवे । तानि मे शृणु काम्यानि नक्षत्रेषु पृथक् पृथक्
bhīṣma uvāca | yamas tu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave | tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、我が語るところを聞け。かつてヤマがシャシャビンドゥ王に説いた、願果を求めて行うシュラーダッダ（kāmya śrāddha）について、私は述べよう。これらはそれぞれ特定のナクシャトラ（宿）において行われ、得られる果もまた各々異なる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That śrāddha can be performed as kāmya (aimed at specific desired outcomes), and that the timing—here, the particular nakṣatra—matters, with distinct fruits described for each.
Bhishma, instructing Yudhishthira on dharma, introduces a teaching attributed to Yama, who had earlier explained to King Śaśabindu the results of performing śrāddha under different nakṣatras; Bhishma now begins to relay that list.