Shloka 2

Śrāddha-utpatti and Nivāpa–Agni Precedence (श्राद्धोत्पत्तिः—निवापेऽग्निपूर्वकत्वम्)

Devanagari script

श्राद्ध यः कृत्तिकायोगे कुर्वीत सततं नर: । अग्नीनाधाय सापत्यो यजेत विगतज्वर:

Transliteration

śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kṛttikāyoge kurvīta satataṃ naraḥ | agnīn ādhāya sāpatyo yajeta vigatajvaraḥ ||

Translation

ଯେ ମଣିଷ କୃତ୍ତିକା-ଯୋଗରେ ସଦା ଅଗ୍ନି ସ୍ଥାପନ କରି ପୁତ୍ର ସହିତ ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ (ପିତୃୟଜନ) କରେ, ସେ ଜ୍ୱର ଓ ଚିନ୍ତାରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृत्तिकायोगे: in the conjunction with (the nakṣatra) Kṛttikā
• कृत्तिकायोगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिका-योग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुर्वीत: should do / would perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सततम्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्नीन्: sacred fires
• अग्नीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आधाय: having established (having kindled/installed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• सापत्यः: having offspring (together with a son)
• सापत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अपत्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यजेत: should worship / should perform sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विगतज्वरः: free from fever (free from distress)
• विगतज्वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत-ज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kṛttikā (nakṣatra)
• Agni (sacred fires)
• Pitṛs (ancestors, implied by śrāddha/yajana)
• son/offspring (apatya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular performance of śrāddha and pitṛ-yajña at an auspicious time (Kṛttikā-yoga), supported by proper Vedic household practice (establishing sacred fires) and continuity of lineage (with one’s son), is presented as dharmic conduct that yields freedom from illness-like affliction and mental agitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on duties and religious observances, he describes a specific recommended practice—performing śrāddha during Kṛttikā-yoga after installing the sacred fires—and states the beneficial result: the practitioner becomes vigatajvara, free from fever/distress.