Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तेनाविष्टो रतिं सर्वो नैव प्राप्नोति वै पुरे । भुञ्जन् यो गायते मैत्रे गायते हसते च यः ॥
tenāviṣṭo ratiṃ sarvo naiva prāpnoti vai pure | bhuñjan yo gāyate maitre gāyate hasate ca yaḥ ||
Wenn er einen Menschen ergreift, findet der Mann in der Stadt keine Befriedigung in der Liebe. Wer beim Essen singt, o Maitra, wer singt und lacht (zur ungehörigen Zeit)…
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The text links casual breaches of decorum (especially around food and daily discipline) with broader disharmony, including intimacy. Meals are treated as disciplined acts; frivolity at improper moments indicates a mind lacking restraint.
Ācāra-dharma instruction, not pancalakṣaṇa.
Improper conduct while eating symbolizes prāṇa-disorder: when intake is chaotic, desire and satisfaction become unstable. ‘Possession’ can be read as habitual compulsion that erodes contentment.