Skanda and the Mothers: The Grahas That Seize Children and Men

Verse 1 (3.230.1)

श्रिया जुष्टं महासेनं देवसेनापतीकृतम् । सप्तर्षिपत्नयः षड् देव्यस्तत्सकाशमथागमन् ॥

śriyā juṣṭaṃ mahāsenaṃ devasenāpatīkṛtam | saptarṣipatnayaḥ ṣaḍ devyastatsakāśamathāgaman

When Mahasena, graced by Shri, had been made commander of the gods' army, six goddesses, wives of the Seven Sages, came to him.

Verse 2 (3.230.2)

ऋषिभिः संपरित्यक्ता धर्मयुक्ता महाव्रताः । द्रुतमागम्य चोचुस्ता देवसेनापतिं प्रभुम् ॥

ṛṣibhiḥ saṃparityaktā dharmayuktā mahāvratāḥ | drutamāgamya cocustā devasenāpatiṃ prabhum

Cast off by the sages, righteous women of great vows, they came quickly and said to the lord, the commander of the gods' army:

Verse 3 (3.230.3)

वयं पुत्र परित्यक्ताः भर्तृभिर्देवसंमितैः । अकारणाद्रुषा तैस्तु पुण्यस्थानात्परिच्युताः ॥

vayaṃ putra parityaktāḥ bhartṛbhirdevasaṃmitaiḥ | akāraṇādruṣā taistu puṇyasthānātparicyutāḥ

Son, we have been cast off by our husbands, who are equal to the gods. Without cause, in anger, they have driven us from our holy station.

Note on the text: Speaker set to the wives of the Seven Sages: the verse is wholly their speech, introduced by the previous verse, though Wikisource prints no heading. Corrected परित्यक्तां → परित्यक्ताः (misprint in Wikisource; the participle must agree with वयं; the critical edition has parityaktā).

Verse 4 (3.230.4)

अस्माभिः किल जातस्त्वमिति केनाप्युदाहृतम् । तत्सत्यमेतत्संश्रुत्य तस्मान्नस्त्रातुमर्हसि ॥

asmābhiḥ kila jātastvamiti kenāpyudāhṛtam | tatsatyametatsaṃśrutya tasmānnastrātumarhasi

Someone declared that you were born of us. Having heard this taken as true, they cast us off; therefore you must protect us.

Note on the text: Speaker: the wives of the Seven Sages (continuing). तत्सत्यमेतत् is a recension variant of the critical edition's asatyam etat.

Verse 5 (3.230.5)

अक्षयश्च भवेत्स्वर्गस्त्वत्प्रसादाद्धि नः प्रभो । त्वां पुत्रं चाप्यभीप्सामः कृत्वैतदनृणो भव ॥

akṣayaśca bhavetsvargastvatprasādāddhi naḥ prabho | tvāṃ putraṃ cāpyabhīpsāmaḥ kṛtvaitadanṛṇo bhava

By your grace, lord, may heaven be ours for ever. We wish to have you as our son as well; do this and be free of your debt.

Verse 6 (3.230.6)

मातरो हि भवत्यो मे सुतो वोऽहमनिन्दिताः । यद्वापीच्छत तत्सर्वं संभविष्यति वस्तथा ॥

mātaro hi bhavatyo me suto vo'hamaninditāḥ | yadvāpīcchata tatsarvaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati vastathā

You are my mothers, blameless ladies, and I am your son. Whatever else you wish, all of it shall come to pass for you.

Verse 7 (3.230.7)

विवक्षन्तं ततः शक्रं किं कार्यमिति सोऽब्रवीत् । उक्तः स्कन्देन ब्रूहीति सोऽब्रवीद्वासवस्ततः ॥

vivakṣantaṃ tataḥ śakraṃ kiṃ kāryamiti so'bravīt | uktaḥ skandena brūhīti so'bravīdvāsavastataḥ

Then, seeing that Shakra wished to speak, Skanda asked him, "What is to be done?" Told by Skanda to speak, Vasava then said:

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रूहिति → ब्रूहीति (misprint in Wikisource; ब्रूहि + इति gives a long ī; the critical edition has brūhīti).

Verse 8 (3.230.8)

अभिजित्स्पर्धमाना तु रोहिण्या कन्यसी स्वसा । इच्छन्ती ज्येष्ठतां देवी तपस्तप्तुं वनं गता ॥

abhijitspardhamānā tu rohiṇyā kanyasī svasā | icchantī jyeṣṭhatāṃ devī tapastaptuṃ vanaṃ gatā

Abhijit, the younger sister of Rohini, vying with her and wishing to be the elder, has gone to the forest to practise austerities.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Indra: verses 8–10 are wholly his speech, introduced by the previous verse, though Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 9 (3.230.9)

तत्र मूढोस्मि भद्रं ते नक्षत्रं गगनाच्च्युतम् । कालं त्विमं परं स्कन्द ब्रह्मणा सह चिन्तय ॥

tatra mūḍhosmi bhadraṃ te nakṣatraṃ gaganāccyutam | kālaṃ tvimaṃ paraṃ skanda brahmaṇā saha cintaya

Bless you, I am at a loss over this, for a constellation has fallen from the sky. Skanda, consider this supreme matter of time together with Brahma.

Verse 10 (3.230.10)

धनिष्ठादिस्तदा कालो ब्रह्मणा परिकल्पितः । रोहिणी ह्यभवत्पूर्वमेवं सङ्ख्या समाभवत् ॥

dhaniṣṭhādistadā kālo brahmaṇā parikalpitaḥ | rohiṇī hyabhavatpūrvamevaṃ saṅkhyā samābhavat

At that time Brahma fixed the reckoning of time to begin with Dhanishtha; before, Rohini came first; in this way the count was made complete.

Note on the text: The input's base text already omits a commentary note (…- टिप्पणी) that the raw Wikisource page runs into this verse.

Verse 11 (3.230.11)

एवमुक्ते तु शक्रेण त्रिदिवं कृत्तिका गताः । नक्षत्रं शकटाकारं भाति तद्वह्निदैवतम् ॥

evamukte tu śakreṇa tridivaṃ kṛttikā gatāḥ | nakṣatraṃ śakaṭākāraṃ bhāti tadvahnidaivatam

When Shakra had spoken thus, the Krittikas went to heaven; that constellation, whose deity is Agni, shines in the shape of a cart.

Note on the text: The input's base text already omits a variant-reading note (नक्षत्रं सप्तशीर्षाभं इति पाठभेदः) that the raw Wikisource page runs into this verse.

Verse 12 (3.230.12)

विनता चाब्रवीत्स्कन्दं मम त्वं पिण्डदः सुतः । इच्छामि नित्यमेवाहं त्वया पुत्र सहासितुम् ॥

vinatā cābravītskandaṃ mama tvaṃ piṇḍadaḥ sutaḥ | icchāmi nityamevāhaṃ tvayā putra sahāsitum

And Vinata said to Skanda: "You are my son, who will offer me the funeral cakes. I wish to live with you always, my son."

Verse 13 (3.230.13)

एवमस्तु नमस्तेऽस्तु पुत्रस्नेहात्प्रशाधि माम् । स्नुषया पूज्यमाना वै देवि वत्स्यसि नित्यदा ॥

evamastu namaste'stu putrasnehātpraśādhi mām | snuṣayā pūjyamānā vai devi vatsyasi nityadā

So be it; I bow to you. Command me with a mother's love for her son. Honoured by your daughter-in-law, goddess, you shall live with me always.

Verse 14 (3.230.14)

अथ मातृगणः सर्वः स्कन्दं वचनमब्रवीत् । वयं सर्वस्य लोकस्य मातरः कविभिः स्तुताः । इच्छामो मातरस्तुभ्यं भवितुं पूजयस्व नः ॥

atha mātṛgaṇaḥ sarvaḥ skandaṃ vacanamabravīt | vayaṃ sarvasya lokasya mātaraḥ kavibhiḥ stutāḥ | icchāmo mātarastubhyaṃ bhavituṃ pūjayasva naḥ

Then the whole host of Mothers spoke to Skanda: "We are the mothers of the whole world, praised by the poets. We wish to be your mothers; honour us."

Verse 15 (3.230.15)

तासां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा स्कन्दो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

tāsāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā skando vacanamabravīt

Hearing their words, Skanda replied:

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 15, which prints this narrative line (fenced off with wiki quote marks ` … ', removed here) as the first of three lines, running it into Skanda's reply; it is given its own verse so that the reply can carry Skanda as speaker. Corrected श्रुत्वास्कन्दो → श्रुत्वा स्कन्दो (word-spacing slip in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition records it in its apparatus as 3.219.14f*1079.

Verse 16 (3.230.16)

मातरो हि भवत्यो मे भवतीनामहं सुतः । उच्यतां यन्मया कार्यं भवतीनामथेप्सितम् ॥

mātaro hi bhavatyo me bhavatīnāmahaṃ sutaḥ | ucyatāṃ yanmayā kāryaṃ bhavatīnāmathepsitam

You are my mothers, and I am your son. Tell me what I must do, and what it is you desire.

Note on the text: Split from Wikisource verse 15 (see the previous verse); the critical edition prints a Skanda heading here.

Verse 17 (3.230.17)

यास्तु ता मातरः पूर्वं लोकस्यास्य प्रकल्पिताः । अस्माकं तु भवेत्स्थानं तासां चैव न तद्भवेत् ॥

yāstu tā mātaraḥ pūrvaṃ lokasyāsya prakalpitāḥ | asmākaṃ tu bhavetsthānaṃ tāsāṃ caiva na tadbhavet

Those who were appointed long ago as the mothers of this world: let their place be ours, and let it no longer be theirs.

Verse 18 (3.230.18)

भवेम पूज्या लोकस्य न ताः पूज्याः सुरर्षभ । प्रजाऽस्माकं हृतास्ताभिस्त्वत्कृते ताः प्रयच्छ नः ॥

bhavema pūjyā lokasya na tāḥ pūjyāḥ surarṣabha | prajā'smākaṃ hṛtāstābhistvatkṛte tāḥ prayaccha naḥ

Let us be worshipped by the world, and not they, bull among the gods. Our offspring were taken from us by them on your account; give them back to us.

Verse 19 (3.230.19)

वृत्ताः प्रजा न ताः शक्या भवतीभिर्निषेवितुम् । अन्यां वः कां प्रयच्छामि प्रजां यां मनसेच्छथ ॥

vṛttāḥ prajā na tāḥ śakyā bhavatībhirniṣevitum | anyāṃ vaḥ kāṃ prayacchāmi prajāṃ yāṃ manasecchatha

The offspring that are gone cannot be enjoyed by you. What other offspring shall I give you, which you desire in your hearts?

Note on the text: Corrected प्रक्या → शक्या, अन्प्रां → अन्यां and मनसेच्छथा → मनसेच्छथ (misprints in Wikisource; wrong letters and a stray ā-sign; the critical edition has śakyā, anyāṃ, manasecchatha). वृत्ताः is a recension variant of the critical edition's dattāḥ.

Verse 20 (3.230.20)

इच्छाम तासां मातॄणां प्रजा भोक्तुं प्रयच्छ नः । त्वया सह पृथग्भूता ये च तासामथेश्वराः ॥

icchāma tāsāṃ mātṝṇāṃ prajā bhoktuṃ prayaccha naḥ | tvayā saha pṛthagbhūtā ye ca tāsāmatheśvarāḥ

We wish to devour the offspring of those mothers; grant them to us, and those too who are their lords and have become estranged along with you.

Note on the text: Corrected इच्चाम → इच्छाम (misprint in Wikisource; च for छ; the critical edition has icchāma).

Verse 21 (3.230.21)

प्रजा वो दद्मि कष्टं तु भवतीभिरुदाहृतम् । परिरक्षत भद्रं वः प्रजाः साधुनमस्कृताः ॥

prajā vo dadmi kaṣṭaṃ tu bhavatībhirudāhṛtam | parirakṣata bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ sādhunamaskṛtāḥ

I give you the offspring, though what you have asked for is a grievous thing. Bless you; protect the offspring well, honoured as you are by me.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रजा साधु → प्रजाः साधु (misprint in Wikisource; the lost visarga of the plural object; the critical edition has prajāḥ sādhu).

Verse 22 (3.230.22)

परिरक्षाम भद्रं ते प्रजाः स्कन्द यथेच्छसि । त्वया नो रोचते स्कन्द सहवासश्चिरं प्रभो ॥

parirakṣāma bhadraṃ te prajāḥ skanda yathecchasi | tvayā no rocate skanda sahavāsaściraṃ prabho

Bless you, Skanda; we shall protect the offspring as you wish. And we would like, lord Skanda, to dwell with you for a long time.

Note on the text: Corrected चिरंप्रभो → चिरं प्रभो (word-spacing slip in Wikisource).

Verse 23 (3.230.23)

यावत्षोडश वर्षाणि भवन्ति तरुणाः प्रजाः । प्रबाधत मनुष्याणां तावद्रूपैः पृथग्विधैः ॥

yāvatṣoḍaśa varṣāṇi bhavanti taruṇāḥ prajāḥ | prabādhata manuṣyāṇāṃ tāvadrūpaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ

As long as the children of men are young, until they reach sixteen years, torment them in your many different forms.

Verse 24 (3.230.24)

अहं च वः प्रदास्यामि रौद्रमात्मानमव्ययम् । परमं तेन सहिताः सुखं वत्स्यथ पूजिताः ॥

ahaṃ ca vaḥ pradāsyāmi raudramātmānamavyayam | paramaṃ tena sahitāḥ sukhaṃ vatsyatha pūjitāḥ

And I shall give you my own fierce, imperishable self; joined with it, you shall live happily and be worshipped.

Verse 25 (3.230.25)

ततः शरीरात्स्कन्दस्य पुरुषः पावकप्रभः । भोक्तुं प्रजाः स मर्त्यानां निष्पपात महाबलः ॥

tataḥ śarīrātskandasya puruṣaḥ pāvakaprabhaḥ | bhoktuṃ prajāḥ sa martyānāṃ niṣpapāta mahābalaḥ

Then from Skanda's body there sprang a mighty being, bright as fire, to devour the offspring of mortals.

Note on the text: Corrected परुषः → पुरुषः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped u-sign; the sentence needs its subject, "a being", as in the critical edition's puruṣaḥ). पावकप्रभः is a recension variant of kāñcanaprabhaḥ.

Verse 26 (3.230.26)

अपतत्सहसा भूमौ विसंज्ञोऽथ क्षुधार्दितः । स्कन्देन सोऽभ्यनुज्ञातो रौद्ररूपोऽभवद्ग्रहः ॥

apatatsahasā bhūmau visaṃjño'tha kṣudhārditaḥ | skandena so'bhyanujñāto raudrarūpo'bhavadgrahaḥ

Suddenly he fell to the ground, senseless and tormented by hunger. With Skanda's leave he became a Graha, a seizer of fearsome form.

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.25ab–cd of the critical edition, which divides these verses differently (the input's alignment found no match).

Verse 27 (3.230.27)

स्कन्दापस्मार इत्याहुर्ग्रहं तं द्विजसत्तमाः । विनता तु महारौद्रा कथ्यते शकुनिग्रहः ॥

skandāpasmāra ityāhurgrahaṃ taṃ dvijasattamāḥ | vinatā tu mahāraudrā kathyate śakunigrahaḥ

The best of the twice-born call that Graha Skandapasmara. Vinata, exceedingly fierce, is called Shakunigraha.

Note on the text: Corrected गृहं → ग्रहं (misprint in Wikisource; ृ for ्र; the critical edition has grahaṃ). The verse is 3.219.25ef–26ab of the critical edition.

Verse 28 (3.230.28)

मातॄणां राक्षसं प्राहुस्तं विद्यात्पूतनाग्रहम् । कष्टा दारुणरूपेण घोररूपा निशाचरी ॥

mātṝṇāṃ rākṣasaṃ prāhustaṃ vidyātpūtanāgraham | kaṣṭā dāruṇarūpeṇa ghorarūpā niśācarī

The one they call the demon among the Mothers should be known as Putanagraha. Grievous, of dreadful form, a terrible night-wanderer,

Note on the text: Corrected राक्षसंप्राहुस् → राक्षसं प्राहुस् (word-spacing slip in Wikisource). The verse is 3.219.26cd–27ab of the critical edition, whose first line reads pūtanāṃ rākṣasīṃ prāhuḥ (a recension variant).

Verse 29 (3.230.29)

पिशाची दारुणाकारा कथ्यते शीतपूतना । गर्भान्सा मानुषीणां तु हरते घोरदर्शना ॥

piśācī dāruṇākārā kathyate śītapūtanā | garbhānsā mānuṣīṇāṃ tu harate ghoradarśanā

a Pishachi of frightful shape, she is called Shitaputana; dreadful to behold, she carries off the unborn children of human women.

Note on the text: Corrected पशाची रदारुणाकारा → पिशाची दारुणाकारा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped i-sign and a stray र; the critical edition has piśācī dāruṇākārā). The verse is 3.219.27cd–ef of the critical edition.

Verse 30 (3.230.30)

अदितिं रेवतीं प्राहुर्ग्रहस्तस्यास्तु रैवतः । सोऽपि बालान्महाघोरो बाधते वै महाग्रहः ॥

aditiṃ revatīṃ prāhurgrahastasyāstu raivataḥ | so'pi bālānmahāghoro bādhate vai mahāgrahaḥ

Aditi they call Revati, and her Graha is Raivata; he too, a great and most terrible Graha, torments children.

Note on the text: Corrected महागोरो → महाघोरो (misprint in Wikisource; ग for घ; the critical edition has ghoro).

Verse 31 (3.230.31)

दैत्यानां या दितिर्माता तामाहुर्मुखमण्डिकाम् । अत्यर्थं शिशुमांसेन संप्रहृष्टा दुरासदा ॥

daityānāṃ yā ditirmātā tāmāhurmukhamaṇḍikām | atyarthaṃ śiśumāṃsena saṃprahṛṣṭā durāsadā

Diti, mother of the Daityas, they call Mukhamandika; unapproachable, she delights above all in the flesh of children.

Verse 32 (3.230.32)

कुमाराश्च कुमार्यश्च ये प्रोक्ताः स्कन्दसंभवाः । तेऽपि गर्भभुजः सर्वे कौरव्य सुमहाग्रहाः ॥

kumārāśca kumāryaśca ye proktāḥ skandasaṃbhavāḥ | te'pi garbhabhujaḥ sarve kauravya sumahāgrahāḥ

The boys and girls who are said to have sprung from Skanda are also all eaters of the unborn, O Kauravya, and very great Grahas.

Note on the text: Corrected कुमार्यश् → कुमार्यश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped च; the critical edition has kumāryaś ca) and कौरव्यसुमहाग्रहाः → कौरव्य सुमहाग्रहाः (word-spacing slip; कौरव्य is a vocative).

Verse 33 (3.230.33)

तासामेव तु पत्नीनां पतयस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः । आजायमानान्गृह्णन्ति बालकान्रौद्रकर्मणः ॥

tāsāmeva tu patnīnāṃ patayaste prakīrtitāḥ | ājāyamānāngṛhṇanti bālakānraudrakarmaṇaḥ

Those are declared to be the husbands of these very wives; cruel in their deeds, they seize infants as they are being born.

Verse 34 (3.230.34)

गवां माता तु या प्राज्ञैः कथ्यते सुरभिर्नृप । शकुनिस्तामथारुह्य सह भुङ्क्ते शिशून्भुवि ॥

gavāṃ mātā tu yā prājñaiḥ kathyate surabhirnṛpa | śakunistāmathāruhya saha bhuṅkte śiśūnbhuvi

She whom the wise call the mother of cows, O king, is Surabhi; Shakuni mounts her and together with her devours children on earth.

Note on the text: Corrected तामथारुह्यसह → तामथारुह्य सह (word-spacing slip in Wikisource).

Verse 35 (3.230.35)

सरमा नाम या माता शुनां देवी जनाधिप । साऽपि गर्भान्समादत्ते मानुषीणां सदैव हि ॥

saramā nāma yā mātā śunāṃ devī janādhipa | sā'pi garbhānsamādatte mānuṣīṇāṃ sadaiva hi

The goddess named Sarama, mother of dogs, lord of men, she too always takes away the unborn children of human women.

Note on the text: Corrected साऽपिगर्भान् → साऽपि गर्भान् (word-spacing slip in Wikisource).

Verse 36 (3.230.36)

पादपानां च या माता करञ्जनिलया हि सा । वरदा सा हि सौम्या च नित्यं भूतानुकम्पिनी ॥

pādapānāṃ ca yā mātā karañjanilayā hi sā | varadā sā hi saumyā ca nityaṃ bhūtānukampinī

The mother of trees makes her home in the Karanja tree; she grants boons, is gentle, and is ever compassionate to beings.

Note on the text: The first line is 3.219.34ab of the critical edition (the input's alignment found no match); the second line is not in the critical text, which records it in its apparatus as 3.219.34b*1080.

Verse 37 (3.230.37)

करञ्जे तां नमस्यन्ति तस्मात्पुत्रार्थिनो नराः । इमे त्वष्टादशान्ये वै ग्रहा मांसमधुप्रियाः ॥

karañje tāṃ namasyanti tasmātputrārthino narāḥ | ime tvaṣṭādaśānye vai grahā māṃsamadhupriyāḥ

Therefore men who want sons bow to her in the Karanja tree. These other eighteen Grahas are fond of flesh and wine.

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.34cd–35ab of the critical edition, which divides verses 34–43 differently (the input's alignment found no match for 35–44).

Verse 38 (3.230.38)

द्विपञ्चरात्रं तिष्ठन्ति सततं सूतिकागृहे । कद्रूः सूक्ष्मवपुर्भूत्वा गर्भिणीं प्रविशत्यथ ॥

dvipañcarātraṃ tiṣṭhanti satataṃ sūtikāgṛhe | kadrūḥ sūkṣmavapurbhūtvā garbhiṇīṃ praviśatyatha

For ten nights they stay without a break in the lying-in chamber. Kadru, taking a subtle body, enters a pregnant woman;

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.35cd–36ab of the critical edition (प्रविशत्यथ is a recension variant of praviśed yadā).

Verse 39 (3.230.39)

भुङ्क्ते सा तत्र तं गर्भं सा तु नागं प्रसूयते । गन्धर्वाणां तु या माता सा गर्भं गृह्य गच्छति ॥

bhuṅkte sā tatra taṃ garbhaṃ sā tu nāgaṃ prasūyate | gandharvāṇāṃ tu yā mātā sā garbhaṃ gṛhya gacchati

there she devours the unborn child, and the woman gives birth to a serpent. The mother of the Gandharvas takes hold of the unborn child and goes away;

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.36cd–37ab of the critical edition.

Verse 40 (3.230.40)

ततो विलीनगर्भा सा मानुषी भुवि दृश्यते । या जनित्री त्वप्सरसां गर्भमास्ते प्रगृह्य सा ॥

tato vilīnagarbhā sā mānuṣī bhuvi dṛśyate | yā janitrī tvapsarasāṃ garbhamāste pragṛhya sā

then the woman is seen on earth with her unborn child vanished. She who gave birth to the Apsarases seizes the unborn child and stays;

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.37cd–38ab of the critical edition.

Verse 41 (3.230.41)

उपविष्टं ततो गर्भं कथयन्ति मनीषिणः । लोहितस्योदधेः कन्या धात्री स्कन्दस्य सा स्मृता ॥

upaviṣṭaṃ tato garbhaṃ kathayanti manīṣiṇaḥ | lohitasyodadheḥ kanyā dhātrī skandasya sā smṛtā

and so the wise speak of the unborn child as "settled". The daughter of the Ocean of Blood is remembered as Skanda's nurse;

Note on the text: Corrected कथयनति → कथयन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition has kathayanti). The verse is 3.219.38cd–39ab of the critical edition.

Verse 42 (3.230.42)

लोहितायनिरित्येवं कदम्बे सा हि पूज्यते । पुरुषे तु यथा रुद्रस्तथाऽऽर्या प्रमदास्वपि ॥

lohitāyanirityevaṃ kadambe sā hi pūjyate | puruṣe tu yathā rudrastathā''ryā pramadāsvapi

she is worshipped in the Kadamba tree under the name Lohitayani. As Rudra is among men, so is Arya among women;

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.39cd–40ab of the critical edition.

Verse 43 (3.230.43)

आर्या माता कुमारस्य पृथक्कामार्थमिज्यते । एवमेते कुमाराणां मया प्रोक्ता महाग्रहाः ॥

āryā mātā kumārasya pṛthakkāmārthamijyate | evamete kumārāṇāṃ mayā proktā mahāgrahāḥ

Arya, mother of Kumara, is worshipped separately for the fulfilment of wishes. Thus I have told you of these great Grahas of children.

Note on the text: The verse is 3.219.40cd–41ab of the critical edition.

Verse 44 (3.230.44)

यावत्षोडश वर्षाणि शिशूनां ह्यशिवास्ततः । ये च मातृगणाः प्रोक्ताः पुरुषाश्चैव ये ग्रहाः ॥

yāvatṣoḍaśa varṣāṇi śiśūnāṃ hyaśivāstataḥ | ye ca mātṛgaṇāḥ proktāḥ puruṣāścaiva ye grahāḥ

Until children reach sixteen years these are harmful to them. And the hosts of Mothers that have been named, and the male Grahas,

Note on the text: Corrected पुरुषाश्चैवये → पुरुषाश्चैव ये (word-spacing slip in Wikisource). The verse is 3.219.41cd–42ab of the critical edition, whose first line reads aśivās te śivās tataḥ (a recension variant).

Verse 45 (3.230.45)

सर्वे स्कन्दग्रहा नाम ज्ञेया नित्यं शरीरिभिः । तेषां प्रशमनं कार्यं स्नानं धूपमथाञ्जनम् । बलिकर्मोपहाराश्च स्कन्दस्येज्या विशेषतः ॥

sarve skandagrahā nāma jñeyā nityaṃ śarīribhiḥ | teṣāṃ praśamanaṃ kāryaṃ snānaṃ dhūpamathāñjanam | balikarmopahārāśca skandasyejyā viśeṣataḥ

all should ever be known by embodied beings as Skanda's Grahas. To appease them one should perform bathing, incense and collyrium, offerings of bali and gifts, and above all the worship of Skanda.

Note on the text: Corrected बलिकार्गेपहाराश् → बलिकर्मोपहाराश्च (misprint in Wikisource; garbled letters and a dropped च; the critical edition has balikarmopahāraś ca). The verse is 3.219.42cd–43 of the critical edition.

Verse 46 (3.230.46)

एवमभ्यर्चिताः सर्वे प्रयच्छन्ति शुभं नृणाम् । आयुर्दीर्घं च राजेन्द्र सम्यक्पूजानमस्कृताः ॥

evamabhyarcitāḥ sarve prayacchanti śubhaṃ nṛṇām | āyurdīrghaṃ ca rājendra samyakpūjānamaskṛtāḥ

Worshipped thus, all of them, when duly honoured with worship and salutation, grant men good fortune and long life, king of kings.

Note on the text: Corrected राजेनद्रसम्यक् → राजेन्द्र सम्यक् (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct and a missing word break; the critical edition has rājendra samyak).

Verse 47 (3.230.47)

ऊर्ध्वं तु षोडशाद्वर्षाद्ये भवन्ति ग्रहा नृणाम् । तानहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम् ॥

ūrdhvaṃ tu ṣoḍaśādvarṣādye bhavanti grahā nṛṇām | tānahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi namaskṛtya maheśvaram

Now, after bowing to Maheshvara, I shall tell you of the Grahas that afflict men after their sixteenth year.

Verse 48 (3.230.48)

यः पश्यति नरो देवाञ्जाग्रद्वा शयितोपि वा । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं तं तु देवग्रहं विदुः ॥

yaḥ paśyati naro devāñjāgradvā śayitopi vā | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ taṃ tu devagrahaṃ viduḥ

The man who sees gods, whether awake or asleep, quickly goes mad; that is known as the Graha of the gods.

Verse 49 (3.230.49)

आसीनश्च शयानश्च यः पश्यति नरः पितॄन् । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं स ज्ञेयस्तु पितृग्रहः ॥

āsīnaśca śayānaśca yaḥ paśyati naraḥ pitṝn | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ sa jñeyastu pitṛgrahaḥ

The man who sees the ancestors, whether sitting or lying down, quickly goes mad; that should be known as the Graha of the ancestors.

Note on the text: Corrected उन्माद्यतिस → उन्माद्यति स (word-spacing slip in Wikisource).

Verse 50 (3.230.50)

अवमन्यति यः सिद्धान्क्रुद्धाश्चापि शपन्ति यम् । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं ज्ञेयः सिद्धग्रहस्तु सः ॥

avamanyati yaḥ siddhānkruddhāścāpi śapanti yam | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ jñeyaḥ siddhagrahastu saḥ

The man who scorns the Siddhas, and whom they curse in their anger, quickly goes mad; that should be known as the Graha of the Siddhas.

Verse 51 (3.230.51)

उपाघ्राति च यो गन्धान्रसांश्चापि पृथग्विधान् । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं स ज्ञेयो राक्षसो ग्रहः ॥

upāghrāti ca yo gandhānrasāṃścāpi pṛthagvidhān | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ sa jñeyo rākṣaso grahaḥ

The man who smells strange scents and tastes strange flavours quickly goes mad; that should be known as the Rakshasa Graha.

Verse 52 (3.230.52)

गन्धर्वाश्चापि यं दिव्याः संविशन्ति नरं भुवि । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं ग्रहो गान्धर्व एव सः ॥

gandharvāścāpi yaṃ divyāḥ saṃviśanti naraṃ bhuvi | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ graho gāndharva eva saḥ

The man on earth whom the heavenly Gandharvas enter quickly goes mad; that is the Gandharva Graha.

Verse 53 (3.230.53)

अधिरोहन्ति यं नित्यं पिशाचाः पुरुषं प्रति । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं ग्रहः पैशाच एव सः ॥

adhirohanti yaṃ nityaṃ piśācāḥ puruṣaṃ prati | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ grahaḥ paiśāca eva saḥ

The man whom Pishachas constantly mount quickly goes mad; that is the Paishacha Graha.

Verse 54 (3.230.54)

आविशन्ति च यं यक्षाः पुरुषं कालपर्यये । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं ज्ञेयो यक्षग्रहस्तु सः ॥

āviśanti ca yaṃ yakṣāḥ puruṣaṃ kālaparyaye | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ jñeyo yakṣagrahastu saḥ

The man whom Yakshas enter when his time turns quickly goes mad; that should be known as the Yaksha Graha.

Note on the text: Corrected उनमाद्यति → उन्माद्यति (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct; the critical edition has unmādyati).

Verse 55 (3.230.55)

यस्य दोषैः प्रकुपितं चित्तं मुह्यति देहिनः । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं साधनं तस्य शास्त्रतः ॥

yasya doṣaiḥ prakupitaṃ cittaṃ muhyati dehinaḥ | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ sādhanaṃ tasya śāstrataḥ

The embodied man whose mind, inflamed by the disorders of the humours, becomes confused quickly goes mad; his cure is to be found in the science of medicine.

Note on the text: Corrected यस् → यस्य and उनमाद्यति → उन्माद्यति (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped letter and a broken conjunct; the critical edition has yasya and unmādyati).

Verse 56 (3.230.56)

वैक्लव्याच्च भयाच्चैव घोराणां चापि दर्शनात् । उन्माद्यति स तु क्षिप्रं सान्त्वं तस्य तु साधनम् ॥

vaiklavyācca bhayāccaiva ghorāṇāṃ cāpi darśanāt | unmādyati sa tu kṣipraṃ sāntvaṃ tasya tu sādhanam

From despondency, from fear, and from seeing dreadful things, a man quickly goes mad; for him the cure is comfort.

Verse 57 (3.230.57)

कश्चित्क्रीडितुकामो वै भोक्तुकामस्तथाऽपरः । अभिकामस्तथैवान्य इत्येष त्रिविधो ग्रहः ॥

kaścitkrīḍitukāmo vai bhoktukāmastathā'paraḥ | abhikāmastathaivānya ityeṣa trividho grahaḥ

One wants to play, another wants to feed, and another wants to couple: such is the threefold Graha.

Verse 58 (3.230.58)

यावत्सप्ततिवर्षाणि भवन्त्येते ग्रहा नृणाम् । अतः परं देहिनां तु ग्रहतुल्या भवेज्जरा ॥

yāvatsaptativarṣāṇi bhavantyete grahā nṛṇām | ataḥ paraṃ dehināṃ tu grahatulyā bhavejjarā

These Grahas afflict men until their seventieth year; after that, for embodied beings, old age itself is like a Graha.

Note on the text: Corrected भवेञ्जरा → भवेज्जरा (misprint in Wikisource; wrong sandhi, भवेत् + जरा gives ज्ज). जरा "old age" is a recension variant of the critical edition's jvaraḥ "fever".

Verse 59 (3.230.59)

अप्रकीर्णेन्द्रियं दान्तं शुचिं नित्यमतन्द्रितम् । आस्तिकं श्रद्दधानं च वर्जयन्ति तदा ग्रहाः ॥

aprakīrṇendriyaṃ dāntaṃ śuciṃ nityamatandritam | āstikaṃ śraddadhānaṃ ca varjayanti tadā grahāḥ

The Grahas then avoid the man whose senses are not scattered, who is self-controlled, pure, ever alert, a believer and full of faith.

Verse 60 (3.230.60)

इत्येष ते ग्रहोद्देशो मानुषाणां प्रकीर्तितः । न स्पृशन्ति ग्रहा भक्तान्नरान्देवं महेश्वरम् ॥

ityeṣa te grahoddeśo mānuṣāṇāṃ prakīrtitaḥ | na spṛśanti grahā bhaktānnarāndevaṃ maheśvaram

Thus I have described to you the Grahas that afflict human beings. The Grahas do not touch men who are devoted to the god Maheshvara.