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12,37

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-37, verse-21

प्रेतान्नं सूतिकान्नं च यच्च किंचिदनिर्दशम् ।
अभोज्यं चाप्यपेयं च धेन्वा दुग्धमनिर्दशम् ॥२१॥
21. pretānnaṁ sūtikānnaṁ ca yacca kiṁcidanirdaśam ,
abhojyaṁ cāpyapeyaṁ ca dhenvā dugdhamanirdaśam.
21. pretānnam sūtikānnam ca yat ca kiñcit anirdaśam
abhojyam ca api apeyam ca dhenvā dugdham anirdaśam
21. pretānnam sūtikānnam ca yat ca kiñcit anirdaśam
abhojyam ca api apeyam ca dhenvā anirdaśam dugdham
21. Food offered to a departed spirit (preta), food from a parturient woman (sūtikā), and whatever else is ritually impure (anirdaśam) due to being less than ten days old, is unfit to eat and also unfit to drink. Similarly, milk from a cow that calved less than ten days ago (anirdaśam) is unfit to drink.

Words meanings summery:

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  • प्रेतान्नम् (pretānnam) - food offered to the dead
  • सूतिकान्नम् (sūtikānnam) - food of a parturient woman
  • (ca) - and, also
  • यत् (yat) - whatever, which
  • (ca) - and, also
  • किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something
  • अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - ritually impure for a period of ten days following birth or death. (not ten days old, impure for ten days)
  • अभोज्यम् (abhojyam) - unfit to eat, inedible
  • (ca) - and, also
  • अपि (api) - also, even
  • अपेयम् (apeyam) - unfit to drink, undrinkable
  • (ca) - and, also
  • धेन्वा (dhenvā) - from a milch cow
  • दुग्धम् (dugdham) - milk
  • अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - ritually impure for a period of ten days following calving. (not ten days old, impure for ten days)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेतान्नम् (pretānnam) - food offered to the dead
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pretānna
pretānna - food offered to the dead or to departed spirits (preta)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (preta+anna)
  • preta – departed, dead, a departed spirit or ghost
    noun (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    from pra-i (to go forth)
    Prefix: pra
    Root: i (class 2)
  • anna – food, rice
    noun (neuter)
सूतिकान्नम् (sūtikānnam) - food of a parturient woman
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sūtikānna
sūtikānna - food belonging to a woman who has recently given birth (sūtikā)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sūtikā+anna)
  • sūtikā – a woman or animal that has recently given birth, parturient
    noun (feminine)
  • anna – food, rice
    noun (neuter)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
यत् (yat) - whatever, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, whoever, whatever
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kiñcid
kiñcid - anything, something, somewhat
अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - ritually impure for a period of ten days following birth or death. (not ten days old, impure for ten days)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anirdaśa
anirdaśa - not ten days old, before the tenth day, ritually impure for ten days
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+nirdaśa)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • nirdaśa – belonging to ten days, (after) ten days
    adjective (neuter)
अभोज्यम् (abhojyam) - unfit to eat, inedible
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of abhojya
abhojya - not fit to be eaten, inedible
Gerundive
Negation of the gerundive of root 'bhuj' (to eat)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+bhojya)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • bhojya – eatable, fit to be eaten
    adjective (neuter)
    Gerundive
    formed from root 'bhuj' (to eat)
    Root: bhuj (class 7)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - also, even
(indeclinable)
अपेयम् (apeyam) - unfit to drink, undrinkable
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of apeya
apeya - not fit to be drunk, undrinkable
Gerundive
Negation of the gerundive of root 'pā' (to drink)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+peya)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • peya – drinkable, fit to be drunk
    adjective (neuter)
    Gerundive
    formed from root 'pā' (to drink)
    Root: pā (class 1)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
धेन्वा (dhenvā) - from a milch cow
(noun)
Ablative, feminine, singular of dhenu
dhenu - milch cow, cow, female animal that gives milk
Note: could also be instrumental
दुग्धम् (dugdham) - milk
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dugdha
dugdha - milk, milked
Past Passive Participle
derived from root 'duh' (to milk), used as a noun
Root: duh (class 2)
अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - ritually impure for a period of ten days following calving. (not ten days old, impure for ten days)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anirdaśa
anirdaśa - not ten days old, before the tenth day, ritually impure for ten days
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+nirdaśa)
  • a – not, non-, un-
    indeclinable
  • nirdaśa – belonging to ten days, (after) ten days
    adjective (neuter)