महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-83

न संनिकृष्टो मेधावी नाशुचिर्न च सत्सु च ।
प्रतिषिद्धान्न धर्मेषु भक्षान्भुञ्जीत पृष्ठतः ॥८३॥

83. na saṁnikṛṣṭo medhāvī nāśucirna ca satsu ca ,
pratiṣiddhānna dharmeṣu bhakṣānbhuñjīta pṛṣṭhataḥ.

83. na saṃnikṛṣṭaḥ medhāvī na aśuciḥ na ca satsu ca
pratiṣiddhānnadharmeṣu bhakṣān bhuñjīta pṛṣṭhataḥ

83. medhāvī saṃnikṛṣṭaḥ aśuciḥ satsu ca
pratiṣiddhānnadharmeṣu pṛṣṭhataḥ bhakṣān na bhuñjīta

83. A wise person (medhāvī) should not eat while being too close (to the food), nor while impure, nor in the presence of good people. He should not eat forbidden foods in the context of food-related religious duties (dharma), nor secretly.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• संनिकृष्टः (saṁnikṛṣṭaḥ) - too close (to food when eating) (very near, too close)

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise, discerning person

• न (na) - not, no

• अशुचिः (aśuciḥ) - impure, unclean

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• सत्सु (satsu) - among good people, among the virtuous

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रतिषिद्धान्नधर्मेषु (pratiṣiddhānnadharmeṣu) - in the context of religious injunctions regarding prohibited foods (in the duties concerning forbidden food)

• भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - foods, edibles

• भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - should eat, should consume, should enjoy

• पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, secretly, in the rear

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संनिकृष्टः (saṁnikṛṣṭaḥ) - too close (to food when eating) (very near, too close)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnikṛṣṭa

saṁnikṛṣṭa - very near, close, brought near

Past Passive Participle

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise, discerning person

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise, possessing intellect, discerning

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अशुचिः (aśuciḥ) - impure, unclean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśuci

aśuci - impure, unclean, unholy

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सत्सु (satsu) - among good people, among the virtuous

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existing, real, true

Present Active Participle

Root: as (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रतिषिद्धान्नधर्मेषु (pratiṣiddhānnadharmeṣu) - in the context of religious injunctions regarding prohibited foods (in the duties concerning forbidden food)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of pratiṣiddhānnadharma

pratiṣiddhānnadharma - a religious duty or rule concerning forbidden food

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pratiṣiddha+anna+dharma)

• pratiṣiddha – forbidden, prohibited, prevented
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: prati+sidh
  Root: sidh (class 1)
• anna – food, cooked rice
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – duty, righteousness, constitution, natural law, religious ordinance
  noun (masculine)

भक्षान् (bhakṣān) - foods, edibles

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhakṣa

bhakṣa - food, edibles, a meal

भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - should eat, should consume, should enjoy

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhuj

Root: bhuj (class 7)

पृष्ठतः (pṛṣṭhataḥ) - from behind, secretly, in the rear

(indeclinable)