Shloka 108

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

Sanskrit

स्मृतिं चाप्रयतानाञ्च शून्यागारनिषेवणात् ।

अपहन्ति सुतस्तस्याः प्रचण्डो नाम नामतः ॥

Transliteration

smṛtiṃ cāprayatānāṃ ca śūnyāgāra-niṣevaṇāt / apahanti sutas tasyāḥ pracaṇḍo nāma nāmataḥ

Translation

अवधानभंग (स्मृतिभ्रंश) आणि रिकाम्या घरांचा आश्रय घेतल्यामुळे तिचा पुत्र ‘प्रचंड’ नावाच्या एका व्यक्तीने अपहरण केला।

Word by Word

• स्मृतिम्: memory
• स्मृतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अप्रयतानाम्: of the unrestrained (people)
• अप्रयतानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण—‘जनानाम्’ (of the unrestrained/heedless)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शून्यागारनिषेवणात्: from resorting to an empty house
• शून्यागारनिषेवणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य-आगार-निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुष (determinative): शून्यं च तत् आगारं (empty house) + निषेवण (resorting)

• अपहन्ति: they remove/drive away
• अपहन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रचण्डः: Pracaṇḍa
• प्रचण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Visheshana (विशेषण/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable used to indicate naming: “by name”)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: “by name/in name”)

Speakers

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Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Mindfulness/vigilance
• Inauspicious places (deserted houses)
• Child affliction motifs

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse links external risk (unsafe/abandoned spaces) with internal risk (carelessness). It encodes a dharmic norm: protection comes from both prudent environment and attentive conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma; not pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Empty house’ can symbolize an uninhabited, unlit psyche; when awareness (smṛti) is absent, destructive forces (Pracaṇḍa) ‘take away’ the fruit of life—offspring/creative continuity.