Shloka 5
नाभिं भाद्रपदे विद्याद् रेवत्यामक्षिमण्डलम् | पृष्ठमेव धनिष्ठासु अनुराधोत्तरास्तथा,नाभिमें पूर्वाभाद्रघदा और उत्तराभाद्रपदाको जाने, नेत्रमण्डलमें रेवती, पृष्ठभागमें धनिष्ठा, अनुराधा तथा उत्तराको स्थापित समझे
Bhīṣma uvāca — Nābhiṃ bhādrapade vidyād Revatyām akṣimaṇḍalam | Pṛṣṭham eva Dhaniṣṭhāsu Anurādhottarās tathā ||
พึงรู้ว่า นาภีอยู่ใน (ปูรว/อุตตร)ภัทรปทา; วงแห่งดวงตาอยู่ในเรวตี; หลังอยู่ในธนิษฐา; และอนุราธากับ ‘อุตตรา’ ก็พึงเข้าใจว่าอยู่ตามส่วนอันควรแก่ตน
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a traditional correspondence between bodily regions (navel, eyes, back) and specific nakṣatras, reflecting a dharmic-ritual worldview in which the human body is read as a microcosm aligned with cosmic order.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and allied traditional sciences; here he enumerates astral correspondences, assigning particular nakṣatras to parts of the body as part of a larger explanatory scheme.