Shloka 90
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तमः प्रच्छादकश्चान्यस्तत्स्वरूपं शृणुष्व मे ।
प्रदीपदैलसंसर्गदूषिते लङ्घिते खले ॥
tamaḥ pracchādakaś cānyas tat-svarūpaṃ śṛṇuṣva me / pradīpa-daila-saṃsarga-dūṣite laṅghite khale
अपरश्च तमःप्रच्छादक इति; तस्य स्वभावं मे शृणु। दीपतैलसंस्पर्शेण यत्र वस्तु दूष्यते, तथा च यत्र लङ्घनरूपं नीचं कर्म क्रियते, तत्रासौ प्रवर्तते।
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FAQs
Impurity and boundary-violations invite ‘darkening’—loss of clarity and right judgment. The text links mundane negligence (defilement) with moral consequence.
Ācāra/niṣedha (conduct and prohibitions), outside pancalakṣaṇa.
Lamp (light) plus oil (fuel) symbolize knowledge sustained by practice; when ‘contact’ becomes defilement, illumination itself is corrupted, yielding tamas (obscuration).