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
De même, au fil du chemin, Arūpā provoque la perte immédiate de la puissance génératrice. L’homme qui mange sans s’être baigné, et de même celui qui mange de la chair, en est atteint (ainsi).
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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.