Shloka 8

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

Sanskrit

दन्ताकृष्टिः प्रसुप्तानां बालानां दशनस्थितः ।

करोति दन्तसंघर्षं चिकीर्षुर्दुःसहागमम् ॥

Transliteration

dantākṛṣṭiḥ prasuptānāṃ bālānāṃ daśanasthitaḥ / karoti dantasaṃgharṣaṃ cikīrṣur duḥsahāgamam

Translation

దంతాకృష్టి అనే (కుమారీ) నిద్రిస్తున్న పిల్లల పళ్లలో స్థితిచేసి పళ్లను రుబ్బేలా చేస్తుంది; భరించలేని ఉపద్రవాన్ని కలిగించుటకే తపిస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• danta-ākṛṣṭiḥ: tooth-pulling; tooth-drawing (affliction)
• danta-ākṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): dantasya ākṛṣṭiḥ

• prasuptānām: of those who are asleep
• prasuptānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-supta (कृदन्त; √svap धातु)
• Form: Past participle (क्त/PPP), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); (gender per qualified noun)

• bālānām: of children
• bālānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• daśana-sthitaḥ: situated in the teeth
• daśana-sthitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśana (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Kta (क्त/PPP) used adjectivally; Saptamī-tatpuruṣa (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष): daśane sthitaḥ

• karoti: does; causes
• karoti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• danta-saṃgharṣam: grinding/clashing of teeth
• danta-saṃgharṣam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): dantānāṃ saṃgharṣaḥ

• cikīrṣuḥ: wishing to do; intending
• cikīrṣuḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cikīrṣu (कृदन्त; √kṛ धातु)
• Form: Desiderative participle (सन्नन्त/इच्छार्थक; -इषु), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• duḥsaha-āgamam: an unbearable onset/attack
• duḥsaha-āgamam: Karma (कर्म/Object; understood with cikīrṣuḥ/karoti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): duḥsahaḥ āgamaḥ

Speakers

• Teacher-narrator continuing the explanation of kumāra-effects

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Child health motifs
• Ritualized symptom-description

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Care for dependents is a dharmic duty; the text urges attentiveness to signs of distress and prescribes culturally sanctioned responses rather than neglect.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Non-pañcalakṣaṇa applied dharma: a practical diagnostic-and-remedial subtopic.

What is the esoteric significance?

Teeth-grinding during sleep can symbolize inner agitation surfacing when conscious control is absent; naming the force externalizes it so it can be ritually ‘released’.