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## Eleventh Uddeshak
[231]
1. Owls, crows, cats, vultures, jackals, and pigs, as well as snakes, scorpions, and lizards, are born from eating at night. [1]
2. One who eats only once a day, receives the fruit of Agnihotra.
One who does not eat at night, receives the fruit of a pilgrimage. [2]
3. There is no offering, no bath, no Shraddha, no worship of deities, no charity prescribed at night, especially not food. [3]
4. It is extremely condemned, for the sake of Dharma and Artha, to eat at night, as it is harmful to insects, worms, frogs, and other living beings. [4]
- Yogashastra A.3: The atonement for keeping and eating food at night.
77. A monk who keeps food, drink, edibles, or delicacies at night, or approves of someone who does so, in a non-critical situation.
78. A monk who consumes even a pinch, a speck, or a drop of food, drink, edibles, or delicacies kept at night in a non-critical situation, or approves of someone who does so. (He incurs the Guruchaumasī atonement.)
77. A monk who keeps food, drink, edibles, or delicacies at night, or approves of someone who does so, in a non-critical situation.
78. A monk who consumes even a pinch, a speck, or a drop of food, drink, edibles, or delicacies kept at night in a non-critical situation, or approves of someone who does so. (He incurs the Guruchaumasī atonement.)
**Discussion:** A monk who keeps even one, two, three, or four types of food at night in a non-critical situation incurs the Guruchaumasī atonement.
There are many places in the Agamas where the collection of food, etc., i.e., keeping food at night, is prohibited. The present two sutras do not mention the atonement for keeping food in a critical situation, but they do mention the atonement for keeping food at night in a non-critical situation. They also state that eating even a small amount of food kept at night in a non-critical situation incurs the Guruchaumasī atonement.
The atonement for eating even a small amount of food kept at night in a critical situation has also been mentioned. Therefore, the meaning of a critical situation should be understood as follows: There is no atonement for keeping food at night if there is no other option, but there is an atonement for eating it. Such a critical situation is possible, for example:
1. After bringing the evening gochari, heavy rain with strong winds (storm, hurricane) may come, and due to darkness, one may not be able to eat. Then the sun sets and the rain does not stop. Due to this, one may have to keep food at night.