Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पज्चम्यां बहव: पुत्रा जायन्ते कुर्वतां नृप । कुर्वाणास्तु नरा: षष्ठ्यां भवन्ति द्युतिभागिन:,नरेश्वर! पंचमीको श्राद्ध करनेवाले पुरुषोंके बहुत-से पुत्र होते हैं। षष्ठीको श्राद्ध करनेवाले मनुष्य कान्तिके भागी होते हैं

Transliteration

pañcamyāṃ bahavaḥ putrā jāyante kurvatāṃ nṛpa | kurvāṇās tu narāḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ bhavanti dyutibhāginaḥ ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่มหาราช ผู้ใดประกอบพิธีศราทธะในวันจันทรคติที่ห้า ย่อมได้รับพรให้มีบุตรชายมากมาย ส่วนผู้ใดประกอบศราทธะในวันที่หก ย่อมเป็นผู้มีส่วนในรัศมีและความรุ่งโรจน์”

Word by Word

पञ्चम्याम्on the fifth (tithi/day)

बहवःmany

पुत्राःsons

जायन्तेare born / arise

कुर्वताम्of those who perform (it)

नृपO king

कुर्वाणाःperforming (it)

तुbut / indeed

नराःmen

षष्ठ्याम्on the sixth (tithi/day)

भवन्तिbecome / are

द्युतिभागिनःsharers/possessors of radiance (splendour)

नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

nṛpa (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

śrāddha (ancestral rite)

pañcamī (fifth tithi)

Ṣ

ṣaṣṭhī (sixth tithi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the timing of śrāddha (ancestral offerings) is ethically and ritually significant: performing it on specific lunar days is said to yield particular fruits—on pañcamī, abundance of sons; on ṣaṣṭhī, attainment of radiance and splendor—thereby encouraging faithful performance of pitṛ-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the king on dharma, including rites for ancestors. Here he lists the results (phala) associated with performing śrāddha on different tithis, addressing the king directly as part of a broader teaching on ritual duty and its outcomes.