Shloka 33

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

Sanskrit

महानसादर्धसिद्धमन्नागारस्थितं तथा ।

परिविश्यमाणञ्च सदासार्धं भुङ्क्ते च भुञ्जता ॥

Transliteration

mahānasād ardha-siddham annāgāra-sthitaṃ tathā | pariviśyamāṇaṃ ca sadā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkte ca bhuñjatā ||

Translation

Dari dapur dia mengambil makanan yang separuh masak, dan demikian juga apa yang disimpan di lumbung. Dan ketika makanan dihidangkan, dia sentiasa makan bersama orang yang sedang makan.

Word by Word

• महानसात्: from the kitchen
• महानसात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्धसिद्धम्: half-cooked
• अर्धसिद्धम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्ध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: अर्धं सिद्धम् (half-cooked)

• अन्नागारस्थितम्: stored in the granary
• अन्नागारस्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्नागार (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आगार) + स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: अन्नागारे स्थितम् (kept in the granary)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• परिविश्यमाणम्: being served
• परिविश्यमाणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-विश् (धातु) + यमाण (कृदन्त; कर्मणि वर्तमान)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘परिविश्यते’ (being served)

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

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• सार्धम्: together (with)
• सार्धम्: Sahakāraka (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: together with)

• भुङ्क्ते: eats/consumes
• भुङ्क्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• भुञ्जता: with one who is eating / with the eater
• भुञ्जता: Sahakāraka (सह; with the eater)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speakers

• Didactic narration (speaker not specified in excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Household ritual purity
• Food ethics
• Protective lore

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Food is treated as a sacred trust; waste, unexplained depletion, or impurity around meals is framed as a serious disorder, urging careful cooking, storage, and disciplined mealtime conduct.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Dharma-ācāra instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘co-eating’ motif dramatizes unseen consumption—symbolically, distractions, impurities, or negative influences that ‘feed’ on one’s vitality when attention and sanctity around food are lost.