Shloka 112

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

Sanskrit

अद्यप्रभृति लीकानामावासं यो हि दास्यति ।

दण्डं तस्याहमतुलं पातयिष्ये न संशयः ॥

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti līkānām āvāsaṃ yo hi dāsyati / daṇḍaṃ tasyāham atulaṃ pātayiṣye na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

آج سے جو کوئی بھی جوؤں کو ٹھکانہ یا پناہ دے گا، اُس پر میں بے مثال سزا نازل کروں گا؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adverbial (कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य-प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial compound): अद्य (today) + प्रभृति (from/beginning)

• लीकानाम्: of the lice
• लीकानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आवासम्: a dwelling/place
• आवासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: emphasis/indeed)

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• दण्डम्: punishment
• दण्डम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अतुलम्: unequalled/immense
• अतुलम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण—दण्डम्

• पातयिष्ये: I will inflict/cause to fall
• पातयिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); causative stem पातय- (णिच्)

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Adverbial (निश्चयार्थक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘न संशयः’ = “no doubt” (idiom)

Speakers

• Pracaṇḍa (implied by first-person ‘aham’ continuing from prior verse)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Deterrence
• Cleanliness and non-harboring of pests
• Punitive enforcement of order

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Harboring impurities is framed as culpable: one must not enable conditions for harm. The ‘punishment’ language functions as a strong deterrent supporting hygiene and vigilance.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary dharma/rakṣā instruction embedded in narrative voice; not pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

To ‘give residence’ to lice symbolizes tolerating subtle defilements. The threat of daṇḍa encodes the inevitability of consequences when one allows small impurities to settle and multiply.