Shloka 116
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तथैव गच्छतः सद्यो निर्बोजत्वमरूपया ।
अस्नाताशी नरो यो वै तथैव पिशिताशनः ॥
tathaiva gacchataḥ sadyo nirbojatvam arūpayā /
asnātāśī naro yo vai tathaiva piśitāśanaḥ
তদ্ৰূপে, আগবাঢ়ি যাওঁতে অরূপা জননশক্তিৰ তৎক্ষণাৎ ক্ষয় ঘটায়। যি স্নান নকৰাকৈ আহাৰ কৰে, আৰু যি মাংস ভক্ষণ কৰে, সিও এনেদৰে আক্রান্ত হয়।
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FAQs
The verse explicitly links lapses in ritual cleanliness and certain diets to decline in vitality. It reflects a dharma-śāstra-like worldview: bodily order mirrors moral/ritual order.
Not manvantara/vaṃśa; it is didactic-etiological narration embedded in the purāṇic flow (ancillary to sarga/pratisarga storytelling).
Bathing before eating symbolizes 'preparation of the vessel'; neglect implies tamas. 'Arūpā' (loss of form/beauty) can be read as the dimming of tejas when discipline is abandoned.