Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.286

v2.c4.s7.286

⁸⁵ For a case of objection to eating food after another, see Chāndogya Upaniṣad, i. 10, 1. Possibly the idea there is that eating the food of a chief is dangerous, since the eater thus enters into possession of part of his substance, and consequently at once becomes an object of anger to the chief, as well as of danger to himself; for the chief may be so full of divine force that it would be unsafe for an ordinary man to be assimilated to him—a common idea in primitive societies. See also Taittirīya Āraṇyaka, v. 8, 13.