षण्मासान्यो द्विजो भुंक्ते शूद्रस्यान्नं विगर्हितम् । जीवन्नेव भवेच्छूद्रो मृतः श्वा चाभिजायते
If a twice-born eats the condemned food of a Shudra for six months, he becomes a Shudra while living, and after death is born as a dog.
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्रस्य च मुनीश्वराः । यस्यान्नेनोदरस्थेन मृतस्तद्योनिमाप्नुयात्
O sages, among Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras, whoever dies with the food of another in his belly attains that birth.
राजान्नं वर्तकान्नं च षंढान्नं चर्म्मकारिणाम् । गणान्नं गणिकान्नं च षडन्नं च विवर्जयेत्
One should avoid food from kings, merchants, eunuchs, leather workers, guilds, courtesans, and the six kinds of food.
चक्रोपजीवि रजक तस्करध्वजिनां तथा । गांधर्वलोहकारान्नं मृतकान्नं विवर्जयेत्
One should avoid food from those who live by the wheel, washermen, thieves, banner-bearers, Gandharvas, blacksmiths, and the dead.
कुलाल चित्रकारान्नं वार्धुषेः पतितस्य च । पौनर्भवच्छत्रिकयोरभिशप्तस्य चैव हि
Food from potters, painters, barbers, the fallen, those born again, umbrella makers, and the cursed should also be avoided.
सुवर्णकार शैलूष व्याध वंध्यातुरस्य च । चिकित्सकस्य चैवान्नं पुंश्चल्या दंडकस्य च
Food from goldsmiths, actors, hunters, barren or sick persons, physicians, prostitutes, and those punished should be avoided.
स्तेन नास्तिकयोरन्नं देवतानिंदकस्य च । सोमविक्रयिणश्चान्नं श्वपाकस्य विशेषतः
Food from thieves, atheists, blasphemers of deities, sellers of Soma, and especially from dog-cookers should be avoided.
भार्य्याजितस्य चैवान्नं यस्य चोपपतिर्गृहे । उत्सृष्टस्य कदर्यस्य तथैवोच्छिष्टभोजिनः
Food from one whose wife has not been won, or whose lover is in the house, from those who are miserly, or who eat leftovers, should be avoided.
पापीयोन्नं च संघान्नं शस्त्राजीवस्य चैव हि । भीतस्य रुदितस्यान्नमवक्रुष्टं परिक्षतम्
Food from sinners, from groups, from those who live by the sword, from the fearful, from those who have cried, from the insulted or injured, should be avoided.
ब्रह्मद्विषः पापरुचेः श्राद्धान्नं मृतकस्य च । वृथापाकस्य चैवान्नं शावान्नं चातुरस्य च
Food from haters of Brahmins, those of evil taste, food for the dead, improperly cooked food, food from corpses, and from the four castes should be avoided.
अप्रजानां तु नारीणां कृतघ्नस्य तथैव च । कारुकान्नं विशेषेण शस्त्रविक्रयिणस्तथा
Food from women without children, from the ungrateful, from artisans especially, and from sellers of weapons should be avoided.
शौंडान्नं घांटिकान्नं च भिषजामन्नमेव च । विद्वत्प्रजननस्यान्नं परिवेत्रन्नमेव च
Food from drunkards, ballad singers, physicians, those who produce learned offspring, and from attendants should be avoided.
पुनर्भुवो विशेषेण तथैव दिधिषूपतेः । अवज्ञातं चावधूतं सरोषं विस्मयान्वितम्
Again, especially for one who desires to rule, food that is disrespected, rejected, given with anger, or with astonishment should not be accepted.
गुरोरपि न भोक्तव्यमन्नं संस्कारवर्जितम् । दुष्कृतं हि मनुष्यस्य सर्वमन्ने व्यवस्थितम्
One must not eat food from a teacher that has not been properly purified; for all the misdeeds of a person are indeed present in food.
यो यस्यान्नं समश्नाति स तस्याश्नाति किल्बिषम् । अर्द्धका कुलं मित्रं च गोपालो वाहनापि तौ
Whoever eats another's food, indeed partakes of that person's sin; half falls upon the family, friends, the cowherd, and even the animals used for transport.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना यश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत् । कुशीलवः कुंभकश्च क्षेत्रकर्मक एव च
Among Shudras, food may be accepted only from one who offers himself; such as an actor, a potter, or a field laborer.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना दृष्ट्वा स्वल्पगुणं बुधैः । पायसं स्नेहपक्वं च गोरसश्चैव सक्तवः
Among Shudras, food may be accepted if, upon examination, it is found by the wise to have few faults: such as milk-rice, food cooked with ghee, products of cow's milk, and cakes.
पिण्याकं चैव तैलं च शूद्राद्ग्राह्यं द्विजातिभिः । वृंताकं नालिकाशाकं कुसुंभं भस्मकं तथा
Oil-cake and oil may be accepted from a Shudra by twice-born men; as well as brinjal, lotus-stalk greens, safflower, and bhasmaka grain.
पलांडुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्य्यासं चैव वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं विड्वराहं च स्विन्नं पीयूषमेव च
One should avoid onions, garlic, fermented foods, and exudations; also mushrooms, wild boar, boiled nectar, and the like.
विलयं विमुखं चैव कोरकाणि विवर्जयेत् । गृंजनं किंशुकं चैव कूष्मांडं च तथैव च
One should avoid decayed, insipid, and unopened buds; also black nightshade, flame-of-the-forest, and likewise pumpkin.
उदुंबरमलाबुं च जग्ध्वा पतति वै द्विजः । तथा कृसरसंयावौ पायसापूपमेव च
A twice-born who eats udumbara or bottle-gourd falls from his status; likewise, gruel, barley-cakes, milk-rice, and fried cakes.
अनुपाकृत मांसं च देवान्नानि हवींषि च । यवागूं मातुलिगं च मत्स्यानप्यनुपाकृतान्
Uncooked meat, offerings to the gods, sacrificial oblations, barley gruel, citron, and uncooked fish should not be eaten.
नीपं कपित्थं प्लक्षं च प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत् । पिण्याकं चोद्धृतस्नेहं देवधान्यं तथैव च
One should carefully avoid nipa, wood-apple, and fig; also oil-cake with the oil removed, and wild rice.
रात्रौ च तिलसंबंधं प्रयत्नेन दधि त्यजेत् । नाश्नीयात्पयसा तक्रं नाभक्ष्यानुपयोजयेत्
At night, one should carefully avoid curd mixed with sesame; one should not drink buttermilk with milk, nor consume what is forbidden.
कृमिदुष्टं भावदुष्टं मृत्संसर्गं च वर्जयेत् । कृमिकीटावपन्नं च सुहृत्क्लेदं च नित्यशः
One should avoid food spoiled by worms, food with a bad nature, or contaminated with earth; also that which contains insects or is moistened by a friend.
श्वाघ्रातं च पुनः सिद्धं चंडालावेक्षितं तथा । उदक्यया च पतितैर्गवा संघ्रातमेव च
Food smelled by a dog, prepared by an outcaste, or seen by a Caṇḍāla; food smelled by a woman in her menses, by the fallen, or by cows should always be avoided.
असंगतं पर्य्युषितं पर्यस्तान्नं च नित्यशः । काककुक्कुटसंस्पृष्टं कृमिभिश्चैव संगतम्
Food that is not properly mixed, that is stale, or that has been overturned should always be avoided; as well as food touched by crows, chickens, or contaminated by worms.
मनुष्यैरप्यवघ्रातं कुष्ठिना स्पृष्टमेव च । न रजस्वलया दत्तं न पुंश्चल्या सरोगया
Food smelled by humans, or touched by a leper; food given by a menstruating woman, or by a woman of ill repute or with disease, should not be accepted.
मलवद्वाससा वापि परवासोथ वर्जयेत् । विवत्सायाश्च गोक्षीरं मेषस्यानिर्दशस्य च
One should avoid food given by someone wearing dirty clothes or another's garments; also the milk of a cow whose calf is dead, and of a sheep that has not been milked.
आविकं संधिनीक्षीरमपेयं मनुरब्रवीत् । बलाकं हंसदात्यूहं कलविंकं शुकं तथा
Manu has declared that sheep's milk and milk from a newly-calved animal should not be consumed; nor the meat of the crane, goose, waterfowl, lapwing, or parrot.