Shloka 11

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

तिष्ठत्यन्यकुमारस्तु तथास्त्त्वित्यसकृद्ब्रुवन् ।

शुभाशुभे नृणां युङ्क्ते तथोक्तिस्तच्च नान्यथा ॥

Transliteration

tiṣṭhaty anyakumārastu tathāsttv ity asakṛd bruvan / śubhāśubhe nṛṇāṃ yuṅkte tathoktis tacca nānyathā

Translation

మరొక కుమారుడు ఉన్నాడు; అతడు పదేపదే ‘తథాస్తు’ అని పలుకుతాడు. అతడు మనుష్యులకు శుభాశుభ ఫలితాలను నియమిస్తాడు—అతడే తథోక్తి; నిజంగా అలాగే.

Word by Word

• tiṣṭhati: stands; remains
• tiṣṭhati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• anya-kumāraḥ: another youth/boy
• anya-kumāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक) + kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya: anyaḥ kumāraḥ

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• tathā: thus; so
• tathā: Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• astu: let it be; so be it
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action; quoted speech)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्/Imperative/benedictive sense), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus (quoting)
• iti: Vākyārtha (वाक्यार्थ/quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (उद्धरणबोधक अव्यय)

• asakṛt: repeatedly
• asakṛt: Kāla/Avṛtti (काल/आवृत्ति adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): frequency

• bruvan: saying
• bruvan: Karta (कर्ता/agent-participle; concomitant action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with anya-kumāraḥ

• śubha-aśubhe: the auspicious and the inauspicious
• śubha-aśubhe: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन); Dvandva (द्वन्द्व): śubhaṃ ca aśubhaṃ ca

• nṛṇām: of men; of people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yuṅkte: yokes; assigns; connects
• yuṅkte: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: thus; so
• tathā: Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• uktiḥ: statement; utterance
• uktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; 'the statement')
• Type: Noun
• Root: ukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition/emphasis)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Niṣedha (निषेध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेधक अव्यय)

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): manner

Speakers

• Teacher-narrator describing the second kumāra’s mode of operation

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Power of speech (vāc)
• Auspicious/inauspicious causality
• Graha-affliction typology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Speech is treated as causally potent: careless repetition and verbal assent can ‘bind’ outcomes; hence dharma emphasizes disciplined, truthful, and well-timed utterance.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A dharma/ācāra teaching about vāc and its effects, framed through mythic personification; not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Tathāstu’ symbolizes the sealing power of intention expressed as sound; the kumāra personifies the subtle mechanism by which words crystallize karma into experienced ‘śubha/āśubha’.