Shloka 90

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

Sanskrit

मानुषास्थि गृहे यत्र दिवाराात्रं मृतस्थितिḥ ।

तत्र यक्ष ! tavāvāsas tathānyeṣāñca rakṣasām ॥

Transliteration

mānuṣāsthi gṛhe yatra divārātraṃ mṛtasthitiḥ /

tatra yakṣa! tavāvāsas tathānyeṣāñ ca rakṣasām

Translation

Hỡi Yakṣa, ngôi nhà nào cất giữ xương người, và nơi xác chết còn nằm đó suốt ngày đêm—ấy là chỗ ở của ngươi, và cũng là chỗ ở của các Rākṣasa khác.

Word by Word

• मानुष-अस्थि: human bone
• मानुष-अस्थि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष-अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः: मानुषम् अस्थि

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable relative adverb

• दिवा-रात्रम्: day and night
• दिवा-रात्रम्: Kāla (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverbial द्वन्द्व (समाहार/अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग): ‘day and night’ used adverbially

• मृत-स्थितिḥ: state/condition of a dead (corpse-like state)
• मृत-स्थितिḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत-स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुषः: मृतस्य स्थितिः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb

• यक्ष: O Yakṣa
• यक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive (6th), Singular

• आवासः: dwelling, abode
• आवासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle/adverb (तुल्यार्थक/समुच्चयार्थक)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• रक्षसाम्: of the rākṣasas/demons
• रक्षसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th), Plural

Speakers

• Brahmā addressing a Yakṣa (reported by Mārkaṇḍeya)

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Aśauca
• Funerary propriety
• Ritual purity

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse reinforces prompt, proper funerary handling and separation of death-impurity from domestic space. It warns that neglect of śauca invites destabilizing influences—socially (fear, disorder) and ritually (pollution).

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it is dharma-śikṣā embedded in narrative instruction.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Yakṣa/Rākṣasa dwelling’ symbolizes prāṇic stagnation around death and decay. The teaching encodes a boundary: the gṛha is for life, agni, and continuity; death is ritually transitioned via antyeṣṭi.