Shloka 30
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
बन्धूनां सुहृदां पित्रोः पुत्रैः सावर्णिकैश्च या ।
विरोधिनी सा तद्रक्षां कुर्वोत बलिकर्मणा ॥
bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ pitroḥ putraiḥ sāvarṇikaiś ca yā / virodhinī sā tad-rakṣāṃ kurvota bali-karmaṇā
உறவினர், நண்பர், பெற்றோர், பிள்ளைகள், தன் குழுவினரிடமும் பகையை எழுப்பும் அந்த சக்திக்கு எதிராக, பலி-அர்ப்பணச் சடங்கின் மூலம் பாதுகாப்புச் செயல் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
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FAQs
When discord spreads across an entire relational network, the tradition prescribes both recognition of the hostile pattern and a formalized rite (bali) to restore equilibrium and reduce harm.
Ritual-ethical (ācāra) material, not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative category.
Bali functions as ‘appeasement of friction’: symbolically feeding the disruptive force so it ceases to consume the household’s relational ‘nutrition’ (trust, affection, duty).