Shloka 105

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

Sanskrit

अग्न्यम्बुशून्ये च तथा विधूपे सूतिकागृहे ।

अदीपशस्त्रमुसले भूतिसर्षपवर्जिते ॥

Transliteration

agny-ambu-śūnye ca tathā vidhūpe sūtikāgṛhe / adīpa-śastra-musale bhūti-sarṣapa-varjite

Translation

ในห้องคลอดที่ปราศจากไฟและน้ำ ไร้ธูปควัน ไร้ประทีป ไร้อาวุธและสาก และขาดทั้งเถ้าและเมล็ดมัสตาร์ด—

Word by Word

• agni-ambu-śūnye: in (a place) devoid of fire and water
• agni-ambu-śūnye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agni (अग्नि-प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (अम्बु-प्रातिपदिक) + śūnya (शून्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘agni-ambu-śūnya’ = devoid of fire and water; agrees with ‘gṛhe’ (understood)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• vi-dhūpe: in (a place) without incense/fumigation
• vi-dhūpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhūpa (धूप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); with privative prefix vi- = ‘without incense/fumigation’; agrees with ‘gṛhe’ (understood)

• sūtikā-gṛhe: in the lying-in room/maternity chamber
• sūtikā-gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūtikā (सूतिका-प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (गृह-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘sūtikāyāḥ gṛhe’

• a-dīpa-śastra-musale: in (a place) without lamp, weapon, and pestle
• a-dīpa-śastra-musale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīpa (दीप-प्रातिपदिक) + śastra (शस्त्र-प्रातिपदिक) + musala (मुसल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः with privative a-: devoid of lamp, weapon, and pestle; agrees with ‘gṛhe’ (understood)

• bhūti-sarṣapa-varjite: in (a place) lacking ash and mustard seeds
• bhūti-sarṣapa-varjite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūti (भूति-प्रातिपदिक) + sarṣapa (सर्षप-प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (वर्जित-प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘bhūti-sarṣapa-varjita’ = devoid of ash (protective ash) and mustard seeds; agrees with ‘gṛhe’ (understood)

Speakers

• Not specified in input

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Rakṣā (protective measures)
• Childbirth customs
• Apotropaic substances (dhūpa, ash, mustard)
• Household ritual hygiene

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Care for mother and newborn is a dharmic obligation. The text encodes a practical protective protocol—light, warmth, cleanliness, fumigation, and vigilance—expressed through the idiom of warding off malevolent forces.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma material; outside the five-fold pancalakṣaṇa core.

What is the esoteric significance?

Fire/light symbolize consciousness and protection; mustard/ash and fumigation symbolize purification boundaries. The ‘empty room’ becomes a metaphor for unguarded liminality where disorder can enter.