Shloka 32
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
समृद्धिमृद्धिमद्रव्यादपहिन्ति च कन्यका ।
सा स्वयंहारिकेत्युक्ता सदान्तर्धानतत्परा ॥
samṛddhim ṛddhim ad-dravyād apahinti ca kanyakā | sā svayaṃhārikety uktā sadāntardhāna-tatparā ||
Es gibt einen gewissen Mädchengeist, der Wohlstand und Zuwachs aus dem Besitz eines Menschen fortnimmt. Man nennt sie „Svayaṃhārikā“, stets darauf bedacht zu verschwinden und unsichtbar zu bleiben.
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FAQs
The verse warns that decline in prosperity may be read (within this traditional worldview) as arising not only from poor management but also from subtle afflictions; it motivates vigilance, cleanliness, and protective ritual order in the home.
Primarily outside the pancalakṣaṇa core; it belongs to Dharma/ācāra material (conduct and protection), not to sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Antardhāna’ suggests the unseen nature of causes behind misfortune; the text encodes a symbolic teaching that losses can be subtle and unnoticed, requiring disciplined awareness and ordered living.