Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
महानसादर्धसिद्धमन्नागारस्थितं तथा ।
परिविश्यमाणञ्च सदासार्धं भुङ्क्ते च भुञ्जता ॥
mahānasād ardha-siddham annāgāra-sthitaṃ tathā | pariviśyamāṇaṃ ca sadā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkte ca bhuñjatā ||
وہ باورچی خانے سے آدھا پکا ہوا کھانا اٹھا لے جاتی ہے، اور اسی طرح غلّہ خانے میں رکھا ہوا بھی۔ اور جب کھانا پیش کیا جاتا ہے تو وہ ہمیشہ کھانے والے کے ساتھ ہی کھاتی ہے۔
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Food is treated as a sacred trust; waste, unexplained depletion, or impurity around meals is framed as a serious disorder, urging careful cooking, storage, and disciplined mealtime conduct.
Dharma-ācāra instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The ‘co-eating’ motif dramatizes unseen consumption—symbolically, distractions, impurities, or negative influences that ‘feed’ on one’s vitality when attention and sanctity around food are lost.