Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
वातरूपा निषेकान्ते सा यस्मै क्षिपते सुतम् ।
स पुमान् वातशुक्रत्वं प्रयाति वनितापि वा ॥
vātarūpā niṣekānte sā yasmai kṣipate sutam /
sa pumān vātaśukratvaṃ prayāti vanitāpi vā
സംഗമം/ഗർഭധാരണത്തിന്റെ അവസാനം വാതരൂപാ താൻ ഇച്ഛിക്കുന്നവന്റെ മേൽ ഒരു ശിശുവിനെ എറിയുന്നു. ആ പുരുഷൻ ‘വാത-വീര്യൻ’ (ഫലരഹിത ശുക്രം) ആകുന്നു; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്ത്രീയും അതുപോലെ വികലമാകുന്നു.
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Vitality is depicted as contingent and ethically conditioned: when one is vulnerable (through adharma/impurity), subtle forces disrupt procreation and bodily order.
A subsidiary mythic-etiological strand within pratisarga-like narration (explaining the spread of conditions in the world).
'Wind-like seed' symbolizes dissipation of creative potency—prāṇa unmoored from śukra/ojas—hinting at the linkage between disciplined life (brahmacarya/śauca) and conserved vital essence.