Shloka 26

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

Sanskrit

नियोजयति चैवाऽन्यान् कन्या सा च नियोजिका ।

तस्याः पवित्रपठनात् क्रोधलोभादिवर्जनात् ॥

Transliteration

niyojayati caivānyān kanyā sā ca niyojikā / tasyāḥ pavitra-paṭhanāt krodha-lobhādi-varjanāt

Translation

Ein Mädchen, das andere zum Handeln antreibt, wird eine Anstifterin genannt. Schutz vor ihrem (Einfluss) wird erlangt durch das Rezitieren reinigender Texte und durch das Aufgeben von Zorn, Gier und dergleichen.

Word by Word

• niyojayati: appoints/engages
• niyojayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• anyān: others
• anyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• kanyā: the girl/maiden
• kanyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• niyojikā: the one who appoints/arranger
• niyojikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyojikā (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from ni-√yuj (धातु))
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; appositional to kanyā

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Feminine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• pavitra-paṭhanāt: from reciting the ‘Pavitra’ (purificatory text)
• pavitra-paṭhanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭhana (प्रातिपदिक; √paṭh (धातु))
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: pavitrasya paṭhanam); Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• krodha-lobha-ādi-varjanāt: from avoiding anger, greed, etc.
• krodha-lobha-ādi-varjanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + lobha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + varjana (प्रातिपदिक; √vṛj/√vṛ (धातु) in sense ‘avoid’)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: (krodha-lobhādeḥ) varjanam; Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

Speakers

• Dharmic instruction

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Self-control
• Purification
• Social influence and manipulation
• Ethics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The primary defense against manipulation is inner discipline: purification practices and the renunciation of anger/greed remove the leverage by which an instigator controls others.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ethical-ritual instruction (ācāra) rather than cosmological or genealogical pancalakṣaṇa material.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘instigator’ archetype represents vāsanā-driven impulses that ‘appoint’ the senses and mind into action; pavitra-recitation and abandoning krodha/lobha signify purification of the causal seeds.