Shloka 11

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

ततस्तं षडधिष्ठानं गर्भमेकत्वमागतम्‌ । पृथिवी प्रतिजग्राह कार्तस्वरसमीपत:

Transliteration

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

Translation

ततस्तं षडधिष्ठानं गर्भमेकत्वमागतम् । पृथिवी प्रतिजग्राह कार्तस्वरसमीपतः ॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• षट्-अधिष्ठानम्: having six bases/supports; the sixfold-basis (entity)
• षट्-अधिष्ठानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षडधिष्ठान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गर्भम्: embryo, fetus
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकत्वम्: oneness, unity
• एकत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आगतम्: having come/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted, received, took up
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्तस्वर-समीपतः: from/near the gold (i.e., in the vicinity of gold)
• कार्तस्वर-समीपतः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्तस्वरसमीप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pṛthivī (Earth-goddess)
• garbha (embryo/child)
• kārtasvara (gold)

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.