Shloka 66

Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

Sanskrit

योषितोऽबिरता यत्र न वहिर्गमनोत्सुकाः ।

लज्जान्विताः सदा गेहं यक्ष तत्परिवर्जय ॥

Transliteration

yoṣito 'biratā yatra na vahirgamanotsukāḥ | lajjānvitāḥ sadā gehaṃ yakṣa tat parivarjaya ||

Translation

Hỡi Yakṣa, hãy tránh ngôi nhà nơi phụ nữ không phóng đãng, không ham rong ruổi bên ngoài, và luôn được trang nghiêm bởi đức khiêm cung, thẹn thùng đúng mực.

Word by Word

• yoṣitaḥ: women
• yoṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• abiratāḥ: not unrestrained (i.e., restrained)
• abiratāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-birata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine (लिङ्गानुसार), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); here agreeing with yoṣitaḥ (fem. pl.)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), relative adverb

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), negation particle (निषेध)

• vahiḥ: outside
• vahiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb

• gamana-utsukāḥ: eager to go out
• gamana-utsukāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gamana (प्रातिपदिक) + utsuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (agreeing with yoṣitaḥ), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa 'eager for going out'

• lajjā-anvitāḥ: possessed of modesty
• lajjā-anvitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lajjā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त, √i/√vṛt?; adjectival)
• Form: Feminine (agreeing with yoṣitaḥ), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa 'endowed with modesty'

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of time (कालवाचक)

• geham: house
• geham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• yakṣa: O Yakṣa
• yakṣa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• parivarjaya: avoid completely
• parivarjaya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यम/2nd person), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speakers

• Unspecified in input; direct address to Yakṣa

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Household norms (as presented in the text)
• Modesty (lajjā)
• Social order
• Protection of the home

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The passage reflects a classical dharma-text valuation of restraint and propriety as stabilizers of household life. Such restraint is framed as creating a boundary that harmful influences should not cross.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Social-ethical instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa element.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Lajjā’ functions as inner guardianship—an internal boundary that prevents dissipation of attention and vitality; the home becomes symbolically ‘closed’ to predatory or chaotic forces.