Shloka 28
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
नियोजयत्येनमिति न गच्छेत् तद्वशं बुधः ।
परदारादिसंसर्गे चित्तमात्मानमेव च ॥
niyojayaty enam iti na gacchet tad-vaśaṃ budhaḥ / para-dārādi-saṃsarge cittaṃ ātmānam eva ca
O sábio não deve cair sob o domínio dela pensando: «Ela o está dirigindo». Em convivências como com a esposa de outrem e semelhantes, é preciso guardar a mente—e, de fato, guardar a si mesmo.
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FAQs
Moral failure is often framed as ‘someone made me do it’; the text rejects this and insists on preserving agency through vigilance over one’s associations and mind.
Ācāra-dharma instruction, ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.
‘Not going under another’s control’ points to mastery over saṅkalpa-vikalpa (impulses and doubts); guarding citta is the inner rakṣā that precedes outer conduct.