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 ||
ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರ ಮುಸಲು-ಒಕ್ಕಲು (ಅಶುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟದ್ದು), ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಉದುಂಬರ ಮರದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಮಲಿನತೆ; ಕಸದ ನಡುವೆ ಗುಸುಗುಸು ಸಲಹೆ/ಉಪಾಂಶು ಮಾತು—ಓ ಯಕ್ಷಾ, ಇದೇ ನಿನಗೆ ಆಧಾರ.
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.