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## Eleventh Uddeshak
[229 3. One may be affected by the evil eye. 4. Flies and other creatures may fall into food. 5. Bird droppings and other such things may fall from the sky. 6. After eating during the day, one may engage in various types of strenuous activities, leading to excessive sweating and water consumption, which weakens the food's nourishing power.
**Praises of Nighttime Meals:** 1. It increases lifespan. 2. Resting after eating strengthens the senses. 3. The abundance of auspicious karmas leads to a slower aging process.
**Penance for Nighttime Meals:**
A monk who receives food, drink, edibles, or delicacies during the day and eats them during the day or approves of someone else eating them, incurs the Guruchaumasi penance.
73. A monk who receives food, drink, edibles, or delicacies during the day and eats them at night or approves of someone else eating them, incurs the Guruchaumasi penance.
74. A monk who receives food, drink, edibles, or delicacies at night and eats them during the day or approves of someone else eating them, incurs the Guruchaumasi penance.
75. A monk who receives food, drink, edibles, or delicacies at night and eats them at night or approves of someone else eating them, incurs the Guruchaumasi penance.
**Discussion:**
These sutras describe the Guruchaumasi penance for nighttime meals, specifying the time of receiving the food and the time of eating it. This establishes the penance for eating at night, eating at night after receiving it during the day, and eating during the day after receiving it at night.