Shloka 3

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

तन्ताकृष्टिस्तथोक्तिश्च परिवर्तस्तथापरः ।

अङ्गध्रुक् शकुनिश्चैव गण्डप्रान्तरतिस्तथा ॥

Transliteration

tantākṛṣṭis tathoktiś ca parivartas tathāparaḥ / aṅgadhruk śakuniś caiva gaṇḍaprāntaratīs tathā

Translation

તેમનાં નામ—તંતાકૃષ્ટિ, તથોક્તિ, પરિવર્ત અને બીજો (અપર); તેમજ અઙ્ગધૃક, શકુનિ અને ગંડપ્રાંતરતિ।

Word by Word

• तन्ता-कृष्टिः: Thread-pulling (name)
• तन्ता-कृष्टिः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्ता (प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'pulling of the thread/warp'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: समुच्चय/अन्वय (linking)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• उक्तिः: Utterance/Speech (name)
• उक्तिः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• परिवर्तः: Change/Turning (name)
• परिवर्तः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: समुच्चय/अन्वय (linking)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अपरः: Another (name)
• अपरः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/नामरूपेण (as another name)

• अङ्ग-ध्रुक्: Limb-bearer (name)
• अङ्ग-ध्रुक्: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्रुच्/धृ (धातु-निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक: ध्रुक्)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'bearing limbs/ornaments'); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शकुनिः: Śakuni (name)
• शकुनिः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• गण्ड-प्रान्त-रतिः: Delight-at-the-cheek-edge (name)
• गण्ड-प्रान्त-रतिः: कर्ता (Subject/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'delight at the edge of the cheek/jaw'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: समुच्चय/अन्वय (linking)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

Speakers

• Narrative instruction within the Markandeya Purana dialogue framework (exact named speakers not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Naming of afflictors (nāma-kathana)
• Etiology of childhood ailments (mythic taxonomy)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Naming functions as a way of making diffuse fear intelligible and manageable; it supports a dharmic impulse to diagnose, classify, and respond with appropriate care.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative (creation/manvantaras/genealogies), but a practical-dharmic catalogue embedded in Purāṇic instruction.

What is the esoteric significance?

The names hint at symptom-clusters: disturbances of movement (parivarta), speech-patterns (tathokti), and bodily discomfort (aṅgadhṛk), suggesting a symbolic medicalization via myth.