Shloka 101
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
कृत्वापसव्यं वायव्यां यक्ष्मैतत्तेति भाजनात् । अन्नावशेषमिच्छन् वै तोयं दद्याद्यथाविधि ॥
kṛtvāpasavyaṃ vāyavyāṃ yakṣmaitatteti bhājanāt | annāvaśeṣamicchan vai toyaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi ||
次に北西（vāyavya）の方において、聖紐を逆にしてアパサヴ்ய（apasavya）を行い、器より「yakṣma etat te」と唱える。その後、もし食の残りを望むなら、規定に従って水を与えるべきである。
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FAQs
The rite regulates consumption: only after prescribed offerings and purificatory steps may one take remnants. It encodes restraint and prioritizing dharma over appetite.
Ācāra/Dharma material; not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.
Apasavya indicates a ‘counter-current’ associated with Pitṛ-world and dissolution; the yakṣma-formula functions as a warding/transfer motif—symbolically diverting impurity or ill-effect away from the eater before partaking.