Shloka 67
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
अवाप शकुनिः पञ्च जगृहुस्तान् सुरासुराः ।
श्येनं जग्राह मृत्युः च काकं कालो गृहीतवान् ॥
avāpa śakuniḥ pañca jagṛhus tān surāsurāḥ | śyenaṃ jagrāha mṛtyuś ca kākaṃ kālo gṛhītavān ||
پرندے (شکونی) نے پانچ (ایسی مخلوقات) حاصل کیں، اور دیوتاؤں اور اسروں نے انہیں پکڑ لیا۔ موت نے باز کو اور وقت (کال) نے کوے کو اپنی گرفت میں لے لیا۔
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FAQs
Omens are linked to universal powers: predatory or scavenging birds become ‘vehicles’ of Death and Time, warning that certain conditions attract inevitable forces (decay, termination).
Dharma-upadeśa via mythic personification; not a core pancalakṣaṇa category, but a didactic appendage common in purāṇic instruction.
Hawk and crow indicate sharp seizure and lingering decay; assigning them to Mṛtyu and Kāla encodes a mapping of visible signs to invisible cosmic principles.