स्तेन नास्तिकयोरन्नं देवतानिंदकस्य च । सोमविक्रयिणश्चान्नं श्वपाकस्य विशेषतः
The food of thieves, atheists, blasphemers of the gods, sellers of Soma, and especially of those who cook for outcastes should be avoided.
भार्य्याजितस्य चैवान्नं यस्य चोपपतिर्गृहे । उत्सृष्टस्य कदर्यस्य तथैवोच्छिष्टभोजिनः
The food of one defeated by his wife, one whose wife has a paramour in the house, the abandoned, the miser, and one who eats leftovers should also be avoided.
पापीयोन्नं च संघान्नं शस्त्राजीवस्य चैव हि । भीतस्य रुदितस्यान्नमवक्रुष्टं परिक्षतम्
The food of sinners, food eaten in a group, of one who lives by the sword, of one who is frightened or weeping, food that is despised or damaged should also be avoided.
ब्रह्मद्विषः पापरुचेः श्राद्धान्नं मृतकस्य च । वृथापाकस्य चैवान्नं शावान्नं चातुरस्य च
The food of a hater of Brahman, one of evil taste, funeral offerings, food of the dead, food cooked in vain, food from a corpse, and of a four-eyed person should be avoided.
अप्रजानां तु नारीणां कृतघ्नस्य तथैव च । कारुकान्नं विशेषेण शस्त्रविक्रयिणस्तथा
The food of women without children, of the ungrateful, of artisans especially, and of sellers of weapons should also be avoided.
शौंडान्नं घांटिकान्नं च भिषजामन्नमेव च । विद्वत्प्रजननस्यान्नं परिवेत्रन्नमेव च
The food of drunkards, of those who sell bells, of physicians, of those who beget children for others, and of servants should also be avoided.
पुनर्भुवो विशेषेण तथैव दिधिषूपतेः । अवज्ञातं चावधूतं सरोषं विस्मयान्वितम्
Especially the food of remarried women, of those who desire another's wife, food that is disdained, rejected, given in anger, or with astonishment should be avoided.
गुरोरपि न भोक्तव्यमन्नं संस्कारवर्जितम् । दुष्कृतं हि मनुष्यस्य सर्वमन्ने व्यवस्थितम्
Even the food of a teacher should not be eaten if it lacks proper purification, for all the evil deeds of a person are established in food.
यो यस्यान्नं समश्नाति स तस्याश्नाति किल्बिषम् । अर्द्धका कुलं मित्रं च गोपालो वाहनापि तौ
Whoever eats another's food truly partakes of that person's sin; half of it goes to the family, friends, the cowherd, and even the vehicle.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना यश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत् । कुशीलवः कुंभकश्च क्षेत्रकर्मक एव च
These are the foods to be eaten among Śūdras: one who offers himself, an actor, a potter, and a field laborer.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना दृष्ट्वा स्वल्पगुणं बुधैः । पायसं स्नेहपक्वं च गोरसश्चैव सक्तवः
These foods among Śūdras, when seen to have little fault by the wise, are: milk pudding, food cooked in ghee, cow's milk, and cakes.
पिण्याकं चैव तैलं च शूद्राद्ग्राह्यं द्विजातिभिः । वृंताकं नालिकाशाकं कुसुंभं भस्मकं तथा
Oil-cake and oil may be accepted by twice-born from a Śūdra, as well as eggplant, leafy greens, safflower, and bhasmaka grain.
पलांडुं लशुनं शुक्तं निर्य्यासं चैव वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं विड्वराहं च स्विन्नं पीयूषमेव च
One should avoid onions, garlic, fermented foods, exudates, mushrooms, wild boar, food that has been boiled, and also nectar.
विलयं विमुखं चैव कोरकाणि विवर्जयेत् । गृंजनं किंशुकं चैव कूष्मांडं च तथैव च
One should also avoid withered and unripe buds, the flower of the tamarisk, the Butea monosperma, and likewise the gourd.
उदुंबरमलाबुं च जग्ध्वा पतति वै द्विजः । तथा कृसरसंयावौ पायसापूपमेव च
A twice-born who eats the fruits of the udumbara and bottle gourd falls from his status; likewise, so do those who eat krisara, rice-cakes, milk-rice, and sweet cakes.
अनुपाकृत मांसं च देवान्नानि हवींषि च । यवागूं मातुलिगं च मत्स्यानप्यनुपाकृतान्
One should avoid uncooked meat, food offered to the gods, oblations, barley gruel, citron, and also uncooked fish.
नीपं कपित्थं प्लक्षं च प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत् । पिण्याकं चोद्धृतस्नेहं देवधान्यं तथैव च
With great care, one should avoid the nipa, wood-apple, and fig trees, as well as oilcake, clarified butter that has been extracted, and wild grains.
रात्रौ च तिलसंबंधं प्रयत्नेन दधि त्यजेत् । नाश्नीयात्पयसा तक्रं नाभक्ष्यानुपयोजयेत्
At night, one should diligently 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 that is impure in nature, or that has come into contact with clay, as well as food infested with insects or moistened by a friend.
श्वाघ्रातं च पुनः सिद्धं चंडालावेक्षितं तथा । उदक्यया च पतितैर्गवा संघ्रातमेव च
Food that has been smelled by a dog, cooked again, seen by an outcaste, smelled by a woman in her menses, or by fallen cows, should also be avoided.
असंगतं पर्य्युषितं पर्यस्तान्नं च नित्यशः । काककुक्कुटसंस्पृष्टं कृमिभिश्चैव संगतम्
Food that is not properly mixed, that is stale, or that has been scattered should always be avoided, as well as food touched by crows or chickens, or contaminated by worms.
मनुष्यैरप्यवघ्रातं कुष्ठिना स्पृष्टमेव च । न रजस्वलया दत्तं न पुंश्चल्या सरोगया
Food smelled by people, touched by a leper, given by a menstruating woman, or by a woman of ill-repute or one who is diseased, should not be eaten.
मलवद्वाससा वापि परवासोथ वर्जयेत् । विवत्सायाश्च गोक्षीरं मेषस्यानिर्दशस्य च
One should avoid food given by someone wearing dirty clothes or another's garment, as well as the milk of a cow whose calf is dead, and that of a sheep or a goat that has not borne young.
आविकं संधिनीक्षीरमपेयं मनुरब्रवीत् । बलाकं हंसदात्यूहं कलविंकं शुकं तथा
Manu has declared that one should not drink sheep's milk or milk from a she-goat at the time of joining, nor eat the meat of the crane, swan, waterfowl, lapwing, or parrot.
कुरुरं च चकोरं च जालपादं च कोकिलम् । वायसान्खंजरीटांश्च श्येनं गृध्रं तथैव च
One should also avoid the curlew, the partridge, the net-footed bird, the cuckoo, crows, wagtails, hawks, and vultures.
उलूकं चक्रवाकं च भासं पारावतं तथा । कपोतं टिट्टिभं चैव ग्रामकुक्कुटमेव च
One should not eat the owl, the ruddy goose, the kite, the pigeon, the dove, the sandpiper, or the village hen.
सिंहं व्याघ्रं च मार्जारं श्वानं सूकरमेव च । शृगालं मर्कटं चैव गर्द्दभं न च भक्षयेत्
One should not eat the lion, tiger, cat, dog, pig, jackal, monkey, or donkey.
न भक्षयेत्सर्पमृगाञ्छिखिनोन्यान्वनेचरान् । जलेचरान्स्थलचरान्प्राणिनश्चेति धारणा
One should not eat snakes, wild animals, peacocks, or other forest-dwelling creatures, nor those living in water or on land—such is the rule.
गोधा कूर्मः शशः खड्गः सल्लकश्चेति सत्तमाः । भक्ष्यान्पंचनखान्नित्यं मनुराह प्रजापतिः
The iguana, tortoise, hare, rhinoceros, and porcupine—these five-clawed animals are always considered edible, so says Manu, the lord of creatures.
मत्स्यान्सशल्कान्भुंजीत मांसं रौरवमेव च । निवेद्य देवताभ्यस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च नान्यथा
One may eat fish with scales and the meat of the raurava animal, but only after offering them to the deities and to Brahmins, and not otherwise.