Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
प्रचण्डो वारियित्वा तु तास्ताश्चण्डालयोनयः ।
समये स्थापयामास यादृशे तादृशं शृणु ॥
pracaṇḍo vāriyitvā tu tās tāś caṇḍāla-yonayaḥ / samaye sthāpayāmāsa yādṛśe tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu
എന്നാൽ പ്രചണ്ഡൻ ആ ചാണ്ഡാലജന്യ സത്ത്വങ്ങളെ തടഞ്ഞു, യഥാകാലവും യഥായോഗ്യവും ആയി ഓരോരുത്തനെയും നിയോഗിച്ചു. അവർക്കു നിശ്ചയിക്കപ്പെട്ടത് എന്തെന്നു കേൾക്കുക.
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Even harmful forces are depicted as operating under regulation—suggesting dharma as the principle that assigns limits and jurisdictions, preventing total collapse into violence.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is didactic myth used to support behavioral injunctions.
‘Setting in time’ reflects the idea that impulses must be bounded by kāla-niyama (temporal discipline). Without regulation, energies turn self-destructive.