Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
कुर्यादारम्भमुप्तिं च हृष्टतुष्टः सहायवान् ।
नियोजिकेति या कन्या दुःसहस्य मयोदिता ॥
जातं प्रचोदिकासंज्ञं तस्याः कन्याचतुष्टयम् ।
मत्तोन्मत्तप्रमत्तास्तु नरान् नारीस्तु ताः सदा ॥
kuryād ārambham uptiṃ ca hṛṣṭa-tuṣṭaḥ sahāya-vān / niyojiketi yā kanyā duḥsahasya mayoditā // jātaṃ pracodikā-saṃjñaṃ tasyāḥ kanyā-catuṣṭayam / mattonmatta-pramattās tu narān nārīs tu tāḥ sadā
Let one begin undertakings, even the work of sowing, while joyful, content, and supported by helpers. The maiden called Niyojikā—spoken of by me as belonging to Duḥsaha—gave birth to one named Pracodikā; and from her arose four maidens, ever intoxicated, frenzied, and heedless, who constantly drive men and women toward harm.
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Auspicious action requires inner readiness (joy/contentment) and proper support; by contrast, ‘inciters’ and their heedless offshoots allegorize impulses that push people into rash, destructive choices.
Falls under ācāra/dharma and upākhyāna-style moral teaching rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita.
The genealogy of personified forces suggests a chain-reaction model: subtle ‘appointment/engagement’ (niyojikā) becomes ‘provocation’ (pracodikā), which multiplies into intoxication, frenzy, and negligence—stages of loss of discrimination (viveka).