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

ताभ्यां द्वाभ्यां षोडश सन्ततयः प्रसूताः, विचरन्त्यो जगद्व्यापिन्यः। तासु अष्टौ ‘कुमाराः’ (बालपीडकराः) तथा अष्टौ अतिभीषणाः ‘कन्याः’ समुत्पन्नाः।

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.