Shloka 68

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

Sanskrit

उलूकं निरृतिश्चैव जग्राहातिभयावहम् ।

गृध्रं व्याधिस्तदीशोऽथ कपोतं च स्वयं यमः ॥

Transliteration

ulūkaṃ nirṛtiś caiva jagrāhātibhayāvaham | gṛdhraṃ vyādhis tadīśo 'tha kapotaṃ ca svayaṃ yamaḥ ||

Translation

నిర్ఋతి భయంకరమైన గుడ్లగూబను, వ్యాధి రాబందును, మరియు సాక్షాత్తు యముడే పావురాన్ని పట్టుకున్నాడు.

Word by Word

• उलूकम्: the owl
• उलूकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• निरृतिः: Nirṛti (goddess of destruction)
• निरृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• जग्राह: seized
• जग्राह: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अतिभयावहम्: bringing great fear
• अतिभयावहम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (√वह् धातु-आधारित)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative): अतिभयम् आवहति इति; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उलूकम्’ इति कर्मपदं विशेषयति

• गृध्रम्: the vulture
• गृध्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्याधिः: Disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदीशः: its lord/master
• तदीशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): तस्य ईशः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘व्याधिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अपपद-सम्बन्धः

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• कपोतम्: the pigeon
• कपोतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘oneself/in person’)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhayanaka", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Nirṛti
• Yama

Key Themes

• Calamity and disease
• Omens
• Personified cosmic governance

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The household is advised to read nature symbolically: certain creatures correspond to calamity, disease, and death, and their presence signals the need for protection, restraint, and remedial rites.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A dharmic-ritual instruction embedded in narrative; tangential to purāṇic characteristics, functioning as practical nīti/dharma material.

What is the esoteric significance?

Owl (night/unknown) aligns with Nirṛti (ruin); vulture (consumption) aligns with disease; pigeon (domestic proximity) with Yama suggests death can enter even familiar spaces.