Shloka 55

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

Sanskrit

पूजिताश्च यथान्यायं तुष्टिं गच्छन्तु सर्वशः ।

कुष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च ये चान्ये गणसंज्ञिताः ॥

Transliteration

pūjitāś ca yathā-nyāyaṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchantu sarvaśaḥ |

kuṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāś ca ye cānye gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อได้รับการบูชาตามครรลองอันถูกต้องแล้ว ขอให้ท่านทั้งปวงจงถึงความอิ่มเอมโดยประการทั้งปวง—ทั้งหมู่กุษมาณฑะ หมู่ยาตุธานะ และผู้ใดอื่นๆ ที่รู้จักกันว่าเป็นคณะ (คณะ/gaṇa)

Word by Word

• pūjitāḥ: worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्, धातु) + pūjita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; past passive participle (क्त) ‘having been worshipped’

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

• yathā-nyāyam: according to proper rule
• yathā-nyāyam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially; ‘according to rule/propriety’

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction/contentment
• tuṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• gacchantu: let them go/attain
• gacchantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (आज्ञार्थ), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Plural; parasmaipada

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय) meaning ‘in every way/entirely’

• kuṣmāṇḍāḥ: Kuṣmāṇḍas (a class of beings)
• kuṣmāṇḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• yātudhānāḥ: Yātudhānas (demons/ghouls)
• yātudhānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātudhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

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

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; relative pronoun

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

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ: designated as ‘gaṇas’
• gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √jñā/ज्ञा with sam-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; past participle ‘called/known’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gaṇasya saṃjñā yaiḥ te)

Speakers

• Ritual instruction/prayer voice (speaker not specified in excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Spirit appeasement
• Ritual propriety (yathā-nyāya)
• Protection from liminal beings

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text emphasizes regulated worship (not superstition): when engaging with feared or liminal forces, one follows dharmic procedure (nyāya), aiming at pacification and social stability.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma ritual segment; not a direct Pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Gaṇas’ represent clustered tendencies—chaotic impulses or environmental/psychic disturbances. Proper pūjā ‘orders the host,’ turning disruptive multiplicity into appeased balance (tuṣṭi).