Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तमः प्रच्छादकश्चान्यस्तत्स्वरूपं शृणुष्व मे ।
प्रदीपदैलसंसर्गदूषिते लङ्घिते खले ॥
tamaḥ pracchādakaś cānyas tat-svarūpaṃ śṛṇuṣva me / pradīpa-daila-saṃsarga-dūṣite laṅghite khale
Y otro es Tamaḥ-pracchādaka (“el que oscurece/vela”); escucha de mí su naturaleza. Actúa cuando algo queda mancillado por el contacto con lámpara y aceite, y cuando se comete el acto vil de pisar por encima/transgredir.
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Impurity and boundary-violations invite ‘darkening’—loss of clarity and right judgment. The text links mundane negligence (defilement) with moral consequence.
Ācāra/niṣedha (conduct and prohibitions), outside pancalakṣaṇa.
Lamp (light) plus oil (fuel) symbolize knowledge sustained by practice; when ‘contact’ becomes defilement, illumination itself is corrupted, yielding tamas (obscuration).