Shloka 80

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

सदानुलिप्तं सन्ध्यासु गृहमम्बुसमुक्षितम् ।

कृतपुष्पबलिं यक्ष ! न त्वं शक्नोषि वीक्षितुम् ॥

Transliteration

sadānuliptaṃ sandhyāsu gṛham ambu-samukṣitam | kṛta-puṣpa-baliṃ yakṣa! na tvaṃ śaknoṣi vīkṣitum ||

Translation

A house that is always freshly plastered and cleansed, sprinkled with water at the twilight rites, and where offerings of flowers and bali are made—O Yakṣa, you are not able even to look upon it.

Word by Word

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: 'always')

• anuliptam: smeared/anointed
• anuliptam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-lipta (कृदन्त; √lip (लिप्) धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; (गृहम् इति विशेषणम्)

• sandhyāsu: at the twilight times
• sandhyāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); बहुवचन

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• ambu-samukṣitam: well-sprinkled with water
• ambu-samukṣitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ambu + sam-ukṣita (कृदन्त; √ukṣ (उक्ष्) धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः—अम्बुना सम्यक् उक्षितम् (sprinkled with water); (गृहम् इति विशेषणम्)

• kṛta-puṣpa-balim: (a house) where a flower-offering has been made
• kṛta-puṣpa-balim: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ) + puṣpa + bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—कृतः पुष्पबलिः यस्मिन् (having the flower-offering made); (गृहम् इति विशेषणम्)

• yakṣa: O Yakṣa
• yakṣa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• śaknoṣi: are able
• śaknoṣi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन

• vīkṣitum: to look at, to behold
• vīkṣitum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable infinitive)

Speakers

• Didactic voice addressing a Yakṣa; the Yakṣa functions as a marker for an inauspicious being repelled by purity

Primary Deities

• Devas (via sandhyā worship context)

Shakti Aspects

• Lakṣmī/Alakṣmī polarity implied (purity attracts Lakṣmī; repels inauspicious forces)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Śauca (purity)
• Sandhyā-vandana
• Domestic ritual
• Auspicious omens

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Regular discipline—cleanliness, daily twilight observances, and offerings—creates a protected moral-spiritual atmosphere. The text presents ritual order as a practical technology for sustaining auspiciousness.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma material (not sarga/pratisarga etc.). Such household codes are common Purāṇic supplements to the main cosmological-genealogical narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Sprinkling’ and ‘plastering’ signify continual renewal of the inner field (citta-śauca). Sandhyā marks liminal times; guarding liminality through practice prevents entry of disorder (yakṣa/inauspiciousness).