Shloka 111

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

Sanskrit

प्रचण्डो वारियित्वा तु तास्ताश्चण्डालयोनयः ।

समये स्थापयामास यादृशे तादृशं शृणु ॥

Transliteration

pracaṇḍo vāriyitvā tu tās tāś caṇḍāla-yonayaḥ / samaye sthāpayāmāsa yādṛśe tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

కానీ ప్రచండుడు ఆ చాండాలజాత సత్త్వాలను నియంత్రించి, యథాకాలముగా యథాయోగ్యముగా ప్రతి ఒక్కదానిని నియమించెను. వారికి ఏది ఏది నియతమైందో వినుము.

Word by Word

• प्रचण्डः: Pracaṇḍa
• प्रचण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वारियित्वा: having restrained
• वारियित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारि (धातु: वारि/वारय्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘वारयित्वा’ = वारयित्वा (having restrained/forbidden); धातु—वारय् (causative of वṛ/वृ? conventional: वारय् “to restrain”)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• ताः: them (f.)
• ताः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ताः: those very (ones)
• ताः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• चण्डालयोनयः: the Caṇḍāla-born (ones)
• चण्डालयोनयः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डाल-योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समास

• समये: at the proper time/occasion
• समये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थापयामास: he established/appointed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); causative stem स्थापय- (णिच्)

• यादृशे: in whatever manner
• यादृशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-निर्देश (correlative)

• तादृशम्: such (a manner)
• तादृशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); यथा-तथा सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Order imposed on chaos
• Time-allocation of forces
• Mythic governance

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even harmful forces are depicted as operating under regulation—suggesting dharma as the principle that assigns limits and jurisdictions, preventing total collapse into violence.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is didactic myth used to support behavioral injunctions.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Setting in time’ reflects the idea that impulses must be bounded by kāla-niyama (temporal discipline). Without regulation, energies turn self-destructive.