Dietary guidelines continue: a householder (gṛhastha) may eat thirty-two mouthfuls, a brahmacārin as desired (yatheṣṭam). For the first three, this is mitāhāra — measured eating. For others (renunciates), it becomes alpabhojana — reduced eating. The progression from thirty-two to eight mouthfuls maps the āśrama trajectory from generous worldly life to extreme renunciation, with diet as a concrete measure of inner detachment.