Shloka 1
नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)
अपन का छा | अप्-#-रू- षडशीतितमो< ध्याय: कार्तिकेयकी उत्पत्ति
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: uktāḥ pitāmahenaiha suvarṇasya vidhānataḥ | vistareṇa pradānasya ye guṇāḥ śruti-lakṣaṇāḥ ||
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—पितामह! विधिपूर्वक सुवर्णदान केल्याने श्रुतीत सांगितलेले जे गुण व फळ आहेत, ते आपण येथे विस्ताराने वर्णन केले; तरी त्या दानाचे पुण्य आणखी सविस्तर सांगावे।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That charity (dāna), especially valuable gifts like gold, is not merely material generosity but a dharmic act whose merit depends on being performed according to proper rule (vidhi) and in alignment with Vedic testimony (śruti).
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and requests a fuller, detailed account of the Veda-attested merits and qualities of giving gold, continuing the instructional dialogue on dharma in the Anuśāsana Parva.