Shloka 96
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
देशाचारान् समयान् ज्ञातिधर्मं जपं होपं मङ्गलं देवतेष्टिम् ।
सम्यक्शौचं विधिवल्लोकवादान् पुंसस्त्वया कुर्वतो मास्तु सङ्गः ॥
deśācārān samayān jñātidharmaṃ japaṃ hopaṃ maṅgalaṃ devateṣṭim /
samyakśaucaṃ vidhivallokavādān puṃsas tvayā kurvato māstu saṅgaḥ
جو شخص علاقائی رواج، تسلیم شدہ دستور، قرابت داروں کے حقوق، جپ، ہوم، منگل رسومات، دیوتاؤں کی پوجا، طہارت اور درست سماجی آداب کو ٹھیک طرح نبھاتا ہو—اے یکشا! تمہارا اس سے کوئی میل جول نہ ہو۔
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FAQs
The righteous life is depicted as inherently protective: disciplined practice (ācāra) creates an environment where harmful forces find no ‘grip’. Dharma is thus both ethical and apotropaic (warding off harm).
Didactic dharma instruction; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Japa, homa, śauca, and deva-īṣṭi are ‘field-purifiers’. The Yakṣa’s non-association signals that sustained sattva and mantra-agni form a subtle boundary (rakṣā-cakra) around the practitioner.