Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
एका कुचहरा कन्या अन्याव्यञ्जनहारिका । तृतीया तु समाख्याता कन्यका जातहारिणी ॥
ekā kuca-harā kanyā anyā vyañjana-hārikā | tṛtīyā tu samākhyātā kanyakā jāta-hāriṇī ||
ஒரு கன்னி ‘ஸ்தன-ஹாரிணீ’ (மார்பை/பாலூட்டலைப் பறிப்பவள்); மற்றொரு கன்னி ‘அன்ன-வ்யஞ்சன-ஹாரிணீ’ (சமைத்த உணவு/உணவுப்பொருள்களைப் பறிப்பவள்); மூன்றாவது கன்னி ‘நவஜாத-ஹாரிணீ’ (புதிய பிறந்த குழந்தையைப் பறிப்பவள்) என கூறப்படுகிறது।
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The verse maps moral/ritual negligence to concrete household vulnerabilities: maternal health, food security, and infant safety. It implies vigilance, purity, and proper timing/discipline as protective dharma.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is protective/ethical instruction (rakṣā-ācāra) expressed through personification.
Breasts, food-preparations, and newborns represent three sustaining powers: nourishment (stanya), cultivated sustenance (pakva/saṃskṛta anna), and new life (jāta). Their ‘theft’ symbolizes depletion of śakti in the home when dharma is neglected.