Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
गर्भहा सस्यहा चान्यः कुमारास्तनयास्तयोः ।
कन्याश्चान्यास्तथैवाष्टौ तासां नामानि मे शृणु ॥
garbhahā sasyahā cānyaḥ kumārās tanayās tayoḥ / kanyāś cānyās tathaivāṣṭau tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
اور بیٹوں—یعنی اُن کُماروں—میں گربھہا، سسیہہا اور ایک اور تھا؛ اور اسی طرح آٹھ دوسری کنیا بھی تھیں۔ ان کے نام مجھ سے سنو۔
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The scope of ‘harm’ ranges from personal (pregnancy/infancy) to communal (agriculture), implying dharma includes protecting life and sustenance through attentive practice.
Ancillary dharma material; it does not advance vaṃśa/manvantara chronology but provides applied religious-ethical guidance.
‘Embryo-destruction’ and ‘crop-destruction’ can be read as symbols of interrupted continuity—of lineage and of food—two pillars of household dharma.