Shloka 108

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

स्मृतिं चाप्रयतानाञ्च शून्यागारनिषेवणात् ।

अपहन्ति सुतस्तस्याः प्रचण्डो नाम नामतः ॥

Transliteration

smṛtiṃ cāprayatānāṃ ca śūnyāgāra-niṣevaṇāt / apahanti sutas tasyāḥ pracaṇḍo nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

Und infolge von Unachtsamkeit (Verlust wachsamer Erinnerung) und weil sie in leere Häuser Zuflucht suchte, wurde ihr Sohn von einem namens Pracaṇḍa fortgenommen.

Word by Word

• स्मृतिम्: memory
• स्मृतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अप्रयतानाम्: of the unrestrained (people)
• अप्रयतानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण—‘जनानाम्’ (of the unrestrained/heedless)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शून्यागारनिषेवणात्: from resorting to an empty house
• शून्यागारनिषेवणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य-आगार-निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुष (determinative): शून्यं च तत् आगारं (empty house) + निषेवण (resorting)

• अपहन्ति: they remove/drive away
• अपहन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रचण्डः: Pracaṇḍa
• प्रचण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Visheshana (विशेषण/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate naming: “by name”)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: “by name/in name”)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Mindfulness/vigilance
• Inauspicious places (deserted houses)
• Child affliction motifs

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse links external risk (unsafe/abandoned spaces) with internal risk (carelessness). It encodes a dharmic norm: protection comes from both prudent environment and attentive conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Empty house’ can symbolize an uninhabited, unlit psyche; when awareness (smṛti) is absent, destructive forces (Pracaṇḍa) ‘take away’ the fruit of life—offspring/creative continuity.