Shloka 30
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
बन्धूनां सुहृदां पित्रोः पुत्रैः सावर्णिकैश्च या ।
विरोधिनी सा तद्रक्षां कुर्वोत बलिकर्मणा ॥
bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ pitroḥ putraiḥ sāvarṇikaiś ca yā / virodhinī sā tad-rakṣāṃ kurvota bali-karmaṇā
جو قوت رشتہ داروں، دوستوں، والدین، اولاد اور اپنے ہی گروہ کے لوگوں کے خلاف بھی عداوت پیدا کرے، اس کے انسداد کے لیے بَلی (نذرانہ) کی رسم کے ذریعے حفاظت کا عمل کرنا چاہیے۔
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FAQs
When discord spreads across an entire relational network, the tradition prescribes both recognition of the hostile pattern and a formalized rite (bali) to restore equilibrium and reduce harm.
Ritual-ethical (ācāra) material, not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative category.
Bali functions as ‘appeasement of friction’: symbolically feeding the disruptive force so it ceases to consume the household’s relational ‘nutrition’ (trust, affection, duty).