Shloka 35
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
गोस्त्रीस्तनेभ्यश्च पयः क्षीरहारी सदैव सा ।
दध्नो घृतं तिलात्तैलं सुरागारात्तथा सुराम् ॥
go-strī-stanebhyaś ca payaḥ kṣīra-hārī sadaiva sā | dadhno ghṛtaṃ tilāt tailaṃ surāgārāt tathā surām ||
सा सदा क्षीरं चोरयति—गवां स्तन्यं स्त्रीणां स्तन्यं च। दध्नो घृतं हरति, तिलात् तैलं, सुरागृहात् सुरामपि।
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FAQs
Staple, life-supporting substances (milk, ghee, oil) are treated as carriers of household ‘śrī’ (well-being); guarding them implies safeguarding nourishment, health, and ritual capacity.
Dharma/ritual-protection instruction; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Milk and ghee often symbolize ojas and sacred vitality; their ‘theft’ can be read as a mythic representation of depletion—whether through impurity, negligence, or hostile influences.