Shloka 11

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

ततस्तं षडधिष्ठानं गर्भमेकत्वमागतम्‌ । पृथिवी प्रतिजग्राह कार्तस्वरसमीपत:,छः: अधिष्ठानोंमें पला हुआ वह गर्भ जब उत्पन्न होकर एकत्वको प्राप्त हो गया, तब सुवर्णके समीप स्थित हुए उस बालकको पृथ्वीने ग्रहण किया

Transliteration

tatas taṃ ṣaḍ-adhiṣṭhānaṃ garbham ekatvam āgatam | pṛthivī pratijagrāha kārtasvara-samīpataḥ ||

Translation

പിന്നീട് ആറു അധിഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളിൽ പോഷിക്കപ്പെട്ട ആ ഗർഭം ജനിച്ച് ഏകത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ, സ്വർണ്ണക്കൂട്ടത്തിനടുത്ത് കണ്ട ആ ശിശുവിനെ ഭൂദേവി സ്വീകരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तम्him/that (one)

षट्-अधिष्ठानम्having six bases/supports; the sixfold-basis (entity)

गर्भम्embryo, fetus

एकत्वम्oneness, unity

आगतम्having come/attained

पृथिवीthe Earth

प्रतिजग्राहaccepted, received, took up

कार्तस्वर-समीपतःfrom/near the gold (i.e., in the vicinity of gold)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Pṛthivī (Earth-goddess)

garbha (embryo/child)

kārtasvara (gold)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.