Shloka 68
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
उलूकं निरृतिश्चैव जग्राहातिभयावहम् ।
गृध्रं व्याधिस्तदीशोऽथ कपोतं च स्वयं यमः ॥
ulūkaṃ nirṛtiś caiva jagrāhātibhayāvaham | gṛdhraṃ vyādhis tadīśo 'tha kapotaṃ ca svayaṃ yamaḥ ||
निर्ऋतिश्चोलूकं घोरं व्याधिर्गृध्रं समाददे। कपोतं च स्वयं साक्षाद् यम एव समाददे॥
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FAQs
The household is advised to read nature symbolically: certain creatures correspond to calamity, disease, and death, and their presence signals the need for protection, restraint, and remedial rites.
A dharmic-ritual instruction embedded in narrative; tangential to purāṇic characteristics, functioning as practical nīti/dharma material.
Owl (night/unknown) aligns with Nirṛti (ruin); vulture (consumption) aligns with disease; pigeon (domestic proximity) with Yama suggests death can enter even familiar spaces.