Shloka 55

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

पूजिताश्च यथान्यायं तुष्टिं गच्छन्तु सर्वशः ।

कुष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च ये चान्ये गणसंज्ञिताः ॥

Transliteration

pūjitāś ca yathā-nyāyaṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchantu sarvaśaḥ |

kuṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāś ca ye cānye gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ ||

Translation

Sau khi đã được thờ phụng đúng theo nghi quỹ, nguyện tất cả các vị ấy, bằng mọi cách, đều được thỏa mãn—tức các Kuṣmāṇḍa, các Yātudhāna, và mọi kẻ khác được biết đến như các gaṇa.

Word by Word

• pūjitāḥ: worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्, धातु) + pūjita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; past passive participle (क्त) ‘having been worshipped’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• yathā-nyāyam: according to proper rule
• yathā-nyāyam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially; ‘according to rule/propriety’

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction/contentment
• tuṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• gacchantu: let them go/attain
• gacchantu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्, धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (आज्ञार्थ), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Plural; parasmaipada

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय) meaning ‘in every way/entirely’

• kuṣmāṇḍāḥ: Kuṣmāṇḍas (a class of beings)
• kuṣmāṇḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṣmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• yātudhānāḥ: Yātudhānas (demons/ghouls)
• yātudhānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātudhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; relative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ: designated as ‘gaṇas’
• gaṇa-saṃjñitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √jñā/ज्ञा with sam-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; past participle ‘called/known’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (gaṇasya saṃjñā yaiḥ te)

Speakers

• Ritual instruction/prayer voice (speaker not specified in excerpt)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Spirit appeasement
• Ritual propriety (yathā-nyāya)
• Protection from liminal beings

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text emphasizes regulated worship (not superstition): when engaging with feared or liminal forces, one follows dharmic procedure (nyāya), aiming at pacification and social stability.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/Dharma ritual segment; not a direct Pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Gaṇas’ represent clustered tendencies—chaotic impulses or environmental/psychic disturbances. Proper pūjā ‘orders the host,’ turning disruptive multiplicity into appeased balance (tuṣṭi).