Shloka 88

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

Sanskrit

धाताविधात्रोश्च बलिर्यत्र काले न दीयते ।

भुञ्जतां पिबतां वापि सङ्गिभिर्जलविप्रुषैः ॥

Transliteration

dhātā-vidhātroś ca balir yatra kāle na dīyate / bhuñjatāṃ pibatāṃ vāpi saṅgibhir jala-vipruṣaiḥ

Translation

Wo zur rechten Zeit das Bali-Opfer an Dhātā und Vidhātā nicht dargebracht wird, und wo Essende oder Trinkende durch Wasserspritzer von Gefährten gestört werden—dort entstehen solche schädlichen Einflüsse.

Word by Word

• धाता: (to) Dhātā (the Creator)
• धाता: अधिकरण-निर्देश (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धाता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विधात्रोः: of Dhātā and Vidhātṛ
• विधात्रोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलिः: offering, oblation
• बलिः: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रसङ्ग-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• काले: at the proper time
• काले: अधिकरण (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुञ्जताम्: of those who are eating
• भुञ्जताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पिबताम्: of those who are drinking
• पिबताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वा: or
• वा: विकल्प (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• सङ्गिभिः: with companions
• सङ्गिभिः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जलविप्रुषैः: with drops of water
• जलविप्रुषैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + विप्रुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जलस्य विप्रुषः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt; dharma/ritual instruction

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Dhātṛ
• Vidhātṛ

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Gṛhastha ritual
• Bali offerings
• Meal-time purity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Ritual gratitude and order (timely bali) and ordinary discipline (cleanliness during meals) are treated as safeguards; neglect in small duties is linked to larger moral/psychic disorder.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra (conduct/ritual) material; not one of the five defining cosmological topics.

What is the esoteric significance?

Dhātā/Vidhātā represent cosmic ordering; failing to ‘offer’ acknowledges a break with order. Water-splashes during eating symbolize distraction and contamination of intake—what one ‘takes in’ shapes mind and fate.