Shloka 7

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

एतासां कर्म वक्ष्यामि दोषप्रशमनञ्च यत् ।

अष्टानाञ्च कुमाराणां श्रुयतां द्विजसत्तम ॥

Transliteration

etāsāṃ karma vakṣyāmi doṣapraśamanañ ca yat / aṣṭānāñ ca kumārāṇāṃ śruyatāṃ dvijasattama

Translation

ഞാൻ അവരുടെ പ്രവർത്തികളും ദോഷങ്ങൾ/ഉപദ്രവങ്ങൾ ശമിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഉപായങ്ങളും വിവരിക്കും. ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, അഷ്ടകുമാരന്മാരെക്കുറിച്ച് ശ്രവിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• etāsām: of these (f.)
• etāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• karma: deed; action; rite
• karma: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Future), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Uttama-puruṣa (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• doṣa-praśamanam: pacification of the fault/affliction
• doṣa-praśamanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + praśamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): doṣasya praśamanam

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• yat: which; that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/Object; correlating to what will be told)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (यत्-शब्द), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• aṣṭānām: of eight
• aṣṭānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); (gender per qualified noun)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kumārāṇām: of the youths/boys
• kumārāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• śruyatām: let it be heard; please listen
• śruyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्/Imperative), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); passive/impersonal sense: 'let it be heard/please listen'

• dvija-sattama: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): sattamaḥ dvijaḥ

Speakers

• Teacher-narrator addressing a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (dvijasattama); exact names not present in the excerpt

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ritual remedy (śamana)
• Didactic dialogue

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic dharma is not only descriptive but therapeutic: it pairs an account of suffering-causes with prescribed practices aimed at restoring balance.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

It is instructional (dharma/ācāra) rather than one of the five defining characteristics; it functions as a practical appendix within the Purāṇic discourse.

What is the esoteric significance?

The pairing ‘karma’ and ‘praśamana’ reflects a worldview where forces manifest as effects but can be harmonized through right speech, right substances, and right ritual attention.