Shloka 2

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

Sanskrit

तयोरपत्यान्यभवने जगद्व्यापीनि षोडश ।

अष्टौ कुमाराः कन्याश्च तथाष्टावतिभीषणाः ॥

Transliteration

tayor apatyāny abhavane jagadvyāpīni ṣoḍaśa / aṣṭau kumārāḥ kanyāś ca tathāṣṭāvatibhīṣaṇāḥ

Translation

त्या दोघांपासून सोळा संतती उत्पन्न झाल्या, ज्या भ्रमणात जगद्व्यापी होत्या। त्यांपैकी आठ ‘कुमार’ (बालकांना पीडा देणारे) आणि तसेच आठ अत्यंत भयानक ‘कन्या’ उत्पन्न झाल्या।

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), द्विवचन (Dual), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अपत्यानि: offspring, children
• अपत्यानि: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अभवन्: were/occurred
• अभवन्: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• जगत्-व्यापीनि: world-pervading
• जगत्-व्यापीनि: विशेषण (Adjectival to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative: 'world-pervading'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) अपत्यानि-शब्दस्य

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); नपुंसक/सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अपत्यानि-शब्दस्य संख्या

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral); पुल्लिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कुमाराः-शब्दस्य संख्या

• कुमाराः: sons, boys
• कुमाराः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• कन्याः: daughters, girls
• कन्याः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; पुल्लिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (अतिभीषणाः-शब्दस्य संख्या)

• अतिभीषणाः: very dreadful
• अतिभीषणाः: विशेषण (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (very-terrible); अति-पूर्वक-विशेषण

Speakers

• Narrative instruction within the Markandeya Purana dialogue framework (exact named speakers not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Protective rites (śānti)
• Folk cosmology of grahas/afflictors
• Child-protection traditions

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text frames certain harms—especially those affecting vulnerable children—as requiring both recognition and remedial action, encouraging responsible guardianship and ritual-care rather than fatalism.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Primarily ancillary dharma/ācāra material rather than core pañcalakṣaṇa; it aligns most closely with ‘rakṣā/śānti’ instructions that often accompany Purāṇic dharma discussions (not a direct sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita passage).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘World-pervading’ afflictors can be read symbolically as pervasive psychological/physiological disturbances (e.g., sleep, speech, memory) that manifest strongly in early life, mapped into a mythic taxonomy to make them ritually addressable.