Shloka 90
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तमः प्रच्छादकश्चान्यस्तत्स्वरूपं शृणुष्व मे ।
प्रदीपदैलसंसर्गदूषिते लङ्घिते खले ॥
tamaḥ pracchādakaś cānyas tat-svarūpaṃ śṛṇuṣva me / pradīpa-daila-saṃsarga-dūṣite laṅghite khale
आणखी एक ‘तमः-प्रच्छादक’; त्याचा स्वभाव माझ्याकडून ऐक. जिथे दिवा व तेल यांच्या स्पर्शाने वस्तू दूषित होते, आणि जिथे लंघन/अतिक्रमणाचे नीच कृत्य केले जाते—तेथे तो कार्यरत होतो।
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FAQs
Impurity and boundary-violations invite ‘darkening’—loss of clarity and right judgment. The text links mundane negligence (defilement) with moral consequence.
Ācāra/niṣedha (conduct and prohibitions), outside pancalakṣaṇa.
Lamp (light) plus oil (fuel) symbolize knowledge sustained by practice; when ‘contact’ becomes defilement, illumination itself is corrupted, yielding tamas (obscuration).