Shloka 4
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
गर्भहा सस्यहा चान्यः कुमारास्तनयास्तयोः ।
कन्याश्चान्यास्तथैवाष्टौ तासां नामानि मे शृणु ॥
garbhahā sasyahā cānyaḥ kumārās tanayās tayoḥ / kanyāś cānyās tathaivāṣṭau tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
आणि पुत्रांमध्ये—त्या कुमारांमध्ये—गर्भहा, सस्यहा आणि आणखी एक होता; तसेच तशाच आणखी आठ कन्या होत्या। त्यांची नावे माझ्याकडून ऐका।
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FAQs
The scope of ‘harm’ ranges from personal (pregnancy/infancy) to communal (agriculture), implying dharma includes protecting life and sustenance through attentive practice.
Ancillary dharma material; it does not advance vaṃśa/manvantara chronology but provides applied religious-ethical guidance.
‘Embryo-destruction’ and ‘crop-destruction’ can be read as symbols of interrupted continuity—of lineage and of food—two pillars of household dharma.