Shloka 40
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तस्याथ रक्षां कुर्वोत विक्षिप्तैः सितसर्षपैः ।
आसने शयने चोर्व्यां यत्रास्ते स तु मानवः ॥
tasyātha rakṣāṃ kurvota vikṣiptaiḥ sita-sarṣapaiḥ | āsane śayane corvyāṃ yatrāste sa tu mānavaḥ ||
उस (भ्रामणी) के लिए श्वेत सरसों के दाने बिखेरकर रक्षा करनी चाहिए—आसन पर, शय्या पर, और जिस भूमि पर वह व्यक्ति बैठता है वहाँ।
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FAQs
The prescription emphasizes practical, repeatable remedies integrated into daily spaces (seat/bed), reinforcing the dharmic ideal that protection is maintained through regular, embodied practice.
Ācāra/rakṣā-vidhi; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Mustard seeds are widely used as ‘cutting’/warding agents; symbolically, the scattering marks boundaries and interrupts the ‘whirling’ influence attributed to Bhrāmaṇī.