Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 118

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

निर्बोजत्वं नरो याति नारी वा शौचवर्जिता ।

पैशुन्याभिरतं लोलमसज्जननिषेवणम् ॥

nirbojatvaṃ naro yāti nārī vā śaucavarjitā /

paiśunyābhirataṃ lolam asajjananiṣevaṇam

男子或女子若缺乏清净洁净,便会丧失生殖之精力;沉溺诽谤、心性反复,并与恶人结伴者,亦受其害。

nirbījatvambarrenness; being seedless
nirbījatvam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnirbīja-tva (प्रातिपदिक; निर्बीज + त्व)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun in -tva
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
yātigoes; attains
yāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
nārīa woman
nārī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnārī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
or
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), disjunctive ‘or’
śauca-varjitādevoid of purity/cleanliness
śauca-varjitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootśauca + varjita (कृदन्त; वर्ज् धातु + क्त)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally: ‘deprived of/without’
paiśunya-ābhiratamfond of slander
paiśunya-ābhiratam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpaiśunya + ābhirata (कृदन्त; रम् धातु + क्त, उपसर्ग आ + अभि)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); ‘delighting in slander’
lolamfickle; restless
lolam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootlola (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
asajjana-niṣevaṇamassociation with bad people
asajjana-niṣevaṇam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roota-sajjana + niṣevaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; सेव् धातु सेवान् → निषेवण)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
Narrative voice

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

Śauca and dharmaSpeech ethics (no slander)Bad company (asat-saṅga)

FAQs

Purity is not only bodily but also social and verbal: slander and bad company are treated as contaminations that drain ojas (vital vigor) and destabilize life.

Didactic dharma material embedded in purāṇic narration (ancillary to pratisarga-like accounts of how evils spread).

Speech (vāk) is a carrier of śakti; when degraded into paiśunya, it becomes a channel for depletion rather than nourishment—hence 'loss of boja/ojas' as an inner consequence.