Shloka 102
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 ||
ఒక కన్య ‘స్తనహారిణీ’; మరొక కన్య ‘అన్న-వ్యంజనహారిణీ’ (వండిన ఆహారం/పదార్థాలు హరించేది); మూడవ కన్య ‘నవజాతహారిణీ’ (నవజాత శిశువును హరించేది) అని చెప్పబడింది।
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FAQs
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.