Shloka 96
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
देशाचारान् समयान् ज्ञातिधर्मं जपं होपं मङ्गलं देवतेष्टिम् ।
सम्यक्शौचं विधिवल्लोकवादान् पुंसस्त्वया कुर्वतो मास्तु सङ्गः ॥
deśācārān samayān jñātidharmaṃ japaṃ hopaṃ maṅgalaṃ devateṣṭim /
samyakśaucaṃ vidhivallokavādān puṃsas tvayā kurvato māstu saṅgaḥ
Mit einem Mann, der die regionalen Bräuche, die anerkannten Konventionen, die Pflichten gegenüber den Verwandten, Rezitation, Feueropfer (homa), glückverheißende Riten, die Verehrung der Gottheiten, rechte Reinheit und die angemessenen sozialen Normen ordnungsgemäß beachtet—o Yakṣa, sollst du keinerlei Umgang haben.
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FAQs
The righteous life is depicted as inherently protective: disciplined practice (ācāra) creates an environment where harmful forces find no ‘grip’. Dharma is thus both ethical and apotropaic (warding off harm).
Didactic dharma instruction; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Japa, homa, śauca, and deva-īṣṭi are ‘field-purifiers’. The Yakṣa’s non-association signals that sustained sattva and mantra-agni form a subtle boundary (rakṣā-cakra) around the practitioner.