Shloka 87
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
मुसलो लूखले स्त्रीणामास्या तद्वदुदुम्बरे ।
अवस्करे मन्त्रणञ्च यक्षैतदुपकृत् तव ॥
musalo lūkhale strīṇām āsyā tadvad udumbare | avaskare mantraṇaṃ ca yakṣaitad upakṛt tava ||
El mazo y el mortero de las mujeres (dejados impuros), así como la inmundicia en el árbol udumbara; el consejo susurrado entre desperdicios—oh Yakṣa, esto es lo que te sustenta.
FAQs
Unclean domestic spaces and degrading social behaviors (like secretive whispering around refuse—symbolic of low conduct) are presented as conditions that nourish misfortune.
Ancillary dharma-ācāra material.
Refuse symbolizes saṃskāra-waste (unprocessed negativity). ‘Mantraṇa amid refuse’ points to intentions formed in impurity—choices made from tamas—strengthening inauspicious currents.