Shloka 30
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
बन्धूनां सुहृदां पित्रोः पुत्रैः सावर्णिकैश्च या ।
विरोधिनी सा तद्रक्षां कुर्वोत बलिकर्मणा ॥
bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ pitroḥ putraiḥ sāvarṇikaiś ca yā / virodhinī sā tad-rakṣāṃ kurvota bali-karmaṇā
ബന്ധുക്കൾ, സുഹൃത്തുകൾ, മാതാപിതാക്കൾ, മക്കൾ, സ്വന്തം കൂട്ടം എന്നിവരോടും വൈരം ഉളവാക്കുന്ന ആ ശക്തിക്കെതിരായി, ബലി-അർപ്പണവിധിയാൽ രക്ഷാകർമ്മം നടത്തണം.
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FAQs
When discord spreads across an entire relational network, the tradition prescribes both recognition of the hostile pattern and a formalized rite (bali) to restore equilibrium and reduce harm.
Ritual-ethical (ācāra) material, not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative category.
Bali functions as ‘appeasement of friction’: symbolically feeding the disruptive force so it ceases to consume the household’s relational ‘nutrition’ (trust, affection, duty).