वृथापाकस्य चैवान्नं शावान्नं श्वशुरस्य च
Food improperly cooked, food from a corpse, and food from one's father-in-law should be avoided.
कारुकान्नं विशेषेण शस्त्रविक्रयिणस्तथा
Especially food from artisans and from sellers of weapons should be avoided.
विद्धप्रजननस्यान्नं परिवित्त्यन्नमेव च
Food from one whose procreation is wounded, and food from one who is surrounded by grief, should be avoided.
गुरोरपि न भोक्तव्यमन्नं संस्कारवर्जितम्
Even food from a teacher should not be eaten if it lacks proper preparation.
यो यस्यान्नं समश्नाति स तस्याश्नानि किल्बिषम्
Whoever eats another's food partakes of that person's sins.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना यश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत्
These foods are fit for consumption among Śūdras, and for those who dedicate themselves.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना दत्त्वा स्वल्पं पणं बुधैः
These foods, fit for consumption among Śūdras, may be given for a small price by the wise.
पिण्याकं चैव तैलं च शूद्राद् ग्राह्यं द्विजातिभिः
Oil-cake and oil may be accepted from a Śūdra by those of twice-born status.
पलाण्डुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्यासं चैव वर्जयेत्
One should avoid onions, garlic, fermented foods, and exudations.
विलयं सुमुखं चैव कवकानि च वर्जयेत्
One should also avoid wilted or deformed foods, mushrooms, and fungi.
उदुम्बरमलाबुं च जग्ध्वा पतति वै द्विजः
A twice-born who eats udumbara fruit or bottle gourd surely falls (from righteousness).
अनुपाकृतमांसं च देवान्नानि हवींषि च
One should avoid uncooked meat, offerings to the gods, and sacrificial oblations.
नीपं कपित्थं प्लक्षं च प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत्
One should diligently avoid nipa, kapittha, and plaksha fruits.
रात्रौ च तिलसंबद्धं प्रयत्नेन दधि त्यजेत्
One should carefully give up curd mixed with sesame seeds at night.
क्रियादुष्टं भावदुष्टमसत्संसर्गि वर्जयेत्
One should avoid food that is spoiled by improper action, by nature, or by contact with the impure.
श्वाघ्रातं च पुनः सिद्धं चण्डालावेक्षितं तथा
Also, food smelled by a dog, food cooked again, or seen by an outcaste should be avoided.
अनर्चितं पुर्युं षितं पर्यायान्नं च नित्यशः
Food that is not offered, that is stale, or that is leftover should always be avoided.
मनुष्यैरप्यवघ्रातं कुष्ठिना स्पृष्टमेव च
Food smelled by humans or touched by a leper should also be avoided.
मलबद्वाससा वापि परवासो ऽथ वर्जयेत्
One should avoid food that has been touched by someone wearing dirty clothes or by another person.
आविकं सन्धिनीक्षीरमपेयं मनुरब्रवीत्
Manu has declared that sheep's milk and milk from a newly calved animal should not be drunk.
कुररं च चकोरं च जालपादं च कोकिलम्
One should not eat the curlew, the chakora, the net-footed bird, or the cuckoo.
कपोतं टिट्टिभं चैव ग्रामकुक्कुटमेव च
Nor should one eat the pigeon, the lapwing, or the village rooster.
शृगालं मर्कटं चैव गर्दभं च न भक्षयेत्
One should not eat the jackal, the monkey, or the donkey.
जलेचरान् स्थलचरान् प्राणिनश्चेति धारणा
This is the rule regarding creatures living in water and on land.
भक्ष्याः पञ्चनखा नित्यं मनुराह प्रिजापतिः
Manu, the lord of creatures, said that five-clawed animals are always fit to be eaten.
निवेद्य देवताभ्यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु नान्यथा
But only after offering them to the deities and to the Brahmins, and not otherwise.
वाध्रीणसं बकं भक्ष्यं मीनहंसपराजिताः
The vādhrīṇa bird, the crane, and the fish-eating goose are to be eaten, having been defeated.
मत्स्याश्चैते समुद्दिष्टा भक्षणाय द्विजोत्तमाः
These fish, O best of twice-born, are declared as fit for eating.
यथाविधि नियुक्तं च प्राणानामपि चात्यये
According to prescribed rule, even at the peril of life, it is permitted.
औषधार्थमशक्तौ वा नियोगाद् यज्ञकारणात्
For medicinal purposes, or when unable, or by command, or for the sake of sacrifice.