Shloka 10

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

ततस्तेज:परीताड्ग्य: सर्वा: काल उपस्थिते | सम॑ गर्भ सुषुविरे कृत्तिकास्तं नरर्षभ,नरश्रेष्ठल तदनन्तर तेजसे व्याप्त अंगवाली उन समस्त कृत्तिकाओंने प्रसवकाल उपस्थित होनेपर एक साथ ही उस गर्भको उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

tatas tejaḥ-parītāṅgyaḥ sarvāḥ kāla upasthite | samaṃ garbhaṃ suṣuvire kṛttikās taṃ nararṣabha ||

Translation

پھر جب ولادت کا وقت آ پہنچا تو وہ سب کِرتِّکائیں—جن کے اعضا تیز سے معمور تھے—اے مردوں کے سردار، ایک ہی ساتھ اس جنین کو جنم دے بیٹھیں۔

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेजःsplendor; fiery energy (the embryo/seed as energy)

परीताःhaving surrounded; encircling

सर्वाःall

कालेat the time

उपस्थितेwhen (it) had arrived; being present

समम्together; simultaneously

गर्भम्embryo; fetus

सुषुविरेthey gave birth; they delivered

कृत्तिकाःthe Kṛttikās (Pleiades)

तम्that (him/it)

नरर्षभO bull among men

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kṛttikās

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 highlights that significant births occur according to right time (kāla) and divine order, and that collective, coordinated action can serve a larger destiny—an ethical reminder that responsibility may be shared in sustaining dharma’s unfolding.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the moment of delivery, the Kṛttikās, described as radiant, jointly bring forth a single embryo/child. Bhīṣma narrates this as part of a larger account of origins and destined events.