Shloka 13

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

ददृशुः कृत्तिकास्तं तु बालमर्कसमद्युतिम्‌ । जातस्नेहाच्च सौहार्दात्‌ पुपुषु: स्तन्यविस्त्रवै:

Transliteration

dadṛśuḥ kṛttikās taṃ tu bālam arka-samad-yutim | jāta-snehāc ca sauhārdāt pupuṣuḥ stanya-vistravaiḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Матери-Криттики увидели того ребёнка, сияющего, как солнце. И когда в их сердцах поднялась нежность, из дружелюбного сострадания они стали питать его, позволяя струям молока течь из их грудей».

Word by Word

• ददृशुः: saw
• ददृशुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कृत्तिकाः: the Kṛttikās (Pleiades nymphs)
• कृत्तिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बालम्: the boy/child
• बालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्कसमद्युतिम्: having radiance equal to the sun
• अर्कसमद्युतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्क-सम-द्युति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जातस्नेहात्: from arisen affection
• जातस्नेहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जात-स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सौहार्दात्: from friendliness/affection
• सौहार्दात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• पुपुषुः: nourished
• पुपुषुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्तन्यविस्त्रवैः: with streams/flowings of milk
• स्तन्यविस्त्रवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन्य-विस्त्रव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kṛttikāḥ (Pleiades)
• the child (bāla)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as compassionate care: when innocence and need are encountered, affection and goodwill naturally translate into protection and nourishment, even without prior obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Kṛttikās see a sun-radiant infant and, moved by sudden affection and friendly tenderness, they feed him with their breast-milk, thereby sustaining and raising him.