Shloka 63
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तौ तु वृक्षाग्र-परिखा-प्राकाराम्भोधि-संश्रयौ ।
गुर्विण्याः परिवर्तन्तौ कुरुतः पादपाणिषु ॥
tau tu vṛkṣāgra-parikhā-prākārāmbhodhi-saṃśrayau | gurviṇyāḥ parivartantau kurutaḥ pāda-pāṇiṣu ||
Ces deux-là prirent refuge sur la cime des arbres, dans les fossés, sur les remparts et dans le grand océan. Se mouvant au sein de la femme enceinte, ils lui causaient douleur et affliction aux pieds et aux mains.
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FAQs
The text frames certain disruptive forces as ‘seeking refuge’ in liminal or dangerous places (tree-tops, moats, ramparts, ocean)—locations associated with risk and separation—mirroring how adharma drives beings to precarious supports and causes suffering even before birth.
This is ancillary to Vaṃśānucarita, used for didactic dharma. It is not cosmogenesis but moralized narrative explaining the presence of harmful beings and the signs by which they are known.
The ‘liminal refuges’ can be read as symbolic of unstable mental states (high/low extremes, defensive walls, vast waters of fear). The womb-disturbance suggests that karmic tendencies can agitate embodiment from the earliest stage.