Shloka 10
प्रतिपदा तिथिको पितरोंकी पूजा करनेसे मनुष्य अपने उत्तम गृहमें मनके अनुरूप सुन्दर एवं बहुसंख्यक संतानोंको जन्म देनेवाली दर्शनीय भार्या प्राप्त करता है ।।
pratipadā-tithau pitr̥-pūjāṁ kṛtvā manuṣyaḥ svottame gṛhe manānurūpāṁ sundarīṁ bahu-santāna-prasavāṁ darśanīyāṁ bhāryāṁ prāpnoti. striyo dvitīyāyāṁ jāyante, tṛtīyāyāṁ tu vājinaḥ; caturthyāṁ kṣudra-paśavo bhavanti bahavo gṛhe.
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Kung ang isang tao ay maghandog sa mga Pitṛ sa araw na Pratipadā, magkakamit siya sa kanyang marangal na tahanan ng asawang kaaya-aya at maganda, ayon sa nais ng kanyang puso, at magluluwal ng maraming anak. Kapag isinagawa ang śrāddha sa Dvitīyā, mga anak na babae ang isisilang; sa Tṛtīyā, magkakamit ng mga kabayo; at kung pararangalan ang mga Pitṛ sa Caturthī, dadami sa bahay ang maliliit na alagang hayop.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that honoring the ancestors (Pitṛs) through śrāddha/pūjā on specific lunar days is a dharmic act believed to yield distinct household-oriented fruits—marital harmony and progeny, or material supports like horses and livestock—thus linking ritual duty to social and domestic well-being.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, including rites for the ancestors. Here he enumerates the reputed results of performing Pitṛ-worship on particular tithis (Pratipadā through Caturthī), presenting a calendrical guide to śrāddha observance and its expected outcomes.