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## Translation:
**On the difference in eating utensils.**
**170.** The distance between the eating utensils of those who eat should be two cubits or two to three hands, so that their splashes do not fly around.
**On the method of eating on leaves.**
**171.** At the time of marriage or at the time of a religious ceremony, if bronze utensils are not available, then food should be eaten on leaves that have been washed with hot water and made into plates.
**Leaves suitable for eating.**
**172.** Banana, Kutana tree, Madhu tree, Mango tree, Jackfruit tree, Champaka tree, Lotus, Pophal tree, Dhak, Bada, etc. tree leaves are suitable for eating.
**Unsuitable leaves.**
**173.** Do not eat on the leaves of the following trees: Tamarind, Ak, Peepal, Kumbhij tree, Jambu, Kanchan tree, and Kadamba tree.
**Forbidden utensils.**
**174.** Householders should not eat in their hands, in earthen pots, on stones, in copper utensils, in broken bronze utensils, in cloth, or in iron utensils.
**Method of placing food in utensils.**
**175.** Food should be placed in the middle, ghee and payasam on the right, vegetables etc. in front, and food and eatables on the left.