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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-131, verse-17

उग्रान्नं गर्हितं देवि गणान्नं श्राद्धसूतकम् ।
घुष्टान्नं नैव भोक्तव्यं शूद्रान्नं नैव कर्हिचित् ॥१७॥
17. ugrānnaṁ garhitaṁ devi gaṇānnaṁ śrāddhasūtakam ,
ghuṣṭānnaṁ naiva bhoktavyaṁ śūdrānnaṁ naiva karhicit.
17. ugra-annam garhitam devi gaṇa-annam śrāddha-sūtakām
ghuṣṭa-annam na eva bhoktavyam śūdra-annam na eva karhicit
17. devi,
ugra-annam garhitam,
gaṇa-annam [ca] śrāddha-sūtakām [ca garhitam].
ghuṣṭa-annam na eva bhoktavyam.
śūdra-annam na eva karhicit [bhoktavyam].
17. O Goddess, food from cruel individuals, food served in large gatherings, and food from *śrāddha* (ancestor rituals) or from a period of impurity (*sūtaka*) are all condemned. Publicly announced food should never be eaten, nor should the food of a *śūdra* ever be consumed.

Words meanings summery:

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  • उग्र-अन्नम् (ugra-annam) - food from cruel individuals (food of the cruel, harsh food)
  • गर्हितम् (garhitam) - condemned (censured, condemned, reprehensible)
  • देवि (devi) - O Goddess (O goddess, O divine one)
  • गण-अन्नम् (gaṇa-annam) - food served in large gatherings (food of a multitude/group)
  • श्राद्ध-सूतकाम् (śrāddha-sūtakām) - food from śrāddha (ancestor rituals) or from a period of impurity (sūtaka) (food from śrāddha (ancestor ritual) or from impurity (sūtaka))
  • घुष्ट-अन्नम् (ghuṣṭa-annam) - publicly announced food (food that has been proclaimed/announced, public food)
  • (na) - never (not, no)
  • एव (eva) - ever (with na, makes "never") (indeed, only, just, even)
  • भोक्तव्यम् (bhoktavyam) - should be eaten (to be eaten, suitable to be eaten, should be eaten)
  • शूद्र-अन्नम् (śūdra-annam) - the food of a śūdra (food of a śūdra)
  • (na) - never (not, no)
  • एव (eva) - ever (with na, makes "never") (indeed, only, just, even)
  • कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever (with na, makes "never ever") (ever, at any time (with negation: never, at no time))

Words meanings and morphology

उग्र-अन्नम् (ugra-annam) - food from cruel individuals (food of the cruel, harsh food)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ugra-anna
ugra-anna - food of the cruel, fierce food
Compound type : tatpurusha (ugra+anna)
  • ugra – cruel, fierce, powerful
    adjective
  • anna – food, grain
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ad (to eat)
    Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Neuter nominative singular.
गर्हितम् (garhitam) - condemned (censured, condemned, reprehensible)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of garhita
garhita - censured, condemned, blameworthy
Past Passive Participle
From root garh (to blame, censure)
Root: garh (class 1)
Note: Past passive participle, neuter nominative singular.
देवि (devi) - O Goddess (O goddess, O divine one)
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of devī
devī - goddess, divine woman
Feminine form of deva
Root: div (class 4)
Note: Vocative singular.
गण-अन्नम् (gaṇa-annam) - food served in large gatherings (food of a multitude/group)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of gaṇa-anna
gaṇa-anna - food of a multitude, communal food
Compound type : tatpurusha (gaṇa+anna)
  • gaṇa – group, multitude, assembly
    noun (masculine)
  • anna – food, grain
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ad (to eat)
    Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Neuter nominative singular.
श्राद्ध-सूतकाम् (śrāddha-sūtakām) - food from śrāddha (ancestor rituals) or from a period of impurity (sūtaka) (food from śrāddha (ancestor ritual) or from impurity (sūtaka))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śrāddha-sūtaka
śrāddha-sūtaka - food from śrāddha ritual or birth/death impurity
Compound refers to food associated with these impure contexts, compound meaning "food from Śrāddha and Sūtaka"
Compound type : dvandva (śrāddha+sūtaka)
  • śrāddha – ancestor ritual, memorial ceremony
    noun (neuter)
    Root: śrad-dhā
  • sūtaka – birth impurity, impurity due to childbirth or death
    noun (neuter)
    Root: sū (class 4)
Note: Neuter nominative singular.
घुष्ट-अन्नम् (ghuṣṭa-annam) - publicly announced food (food that has been proclaimed/announced, public food)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ghuṣṭa-anna
ghuṣṭa-anna - publicly announced food, food gained by calling out
Refers to food obtained through begging or publicly soliciting it, which was generally avoided by those of higher status. compound meaning "food that is proclaimed"
Compound type : tatpurusha (ghuṣṭa+anna)
  • ghuṣṭa – proclaimed, announced, sounded
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ghuṣ (to proclaim, sound)
    Root: ghuṣ (class 1)
  • anna – food, grain
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ad (to eat)
    Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Neuter nominative singular.
(na) - never (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
एव (eva) - ever (with na, makes "never") (indeed, only, just, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle, used with 'na' for strong negation.
भोक्तव्यम् (bhoktavyam) - should be eaten (to be eaten, suitable to be eaten, should be eaten)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhoktavya
bhoktavya - to be eaten, suitable to be eaten
Gerundive
From root bhuj (to eat, enjoy) + tavya suffix
Root: bhuj (class 7)
Note: Gerundive (kṛtya), neuter nominative singular.
शूद्र-अन्नम् (śūdra-annam) - the food of a śūdra (food of a śūdra)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śūdra-anna
śūdra-anna - food of a śūdra
Compound meaning "food belonging to a Śūdra"
Compound type : tatpurusha (śūdra+anna)
  • śūdra – member of the fourth varna, laboring class
    noun (masculine)
  • anna – food, grain
    noun (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root ad (to eat)
    Root: ad (class 2)
Note: Neuter nominative singular.
(na) - never (not, no)
(indeclinable)
Note: Negation.
एव (eva) - ever (with na, makes "never") (indeed, only, just, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle, used with 'na' for strong negation.
कर्हिचित् (karhicit) - ever (with na, makes "never ever") (ever, at any time (with negation: never, at no time))
(indeclinable)
From karhi (when) + cit (indefinite particle)
Note: Indefinite particle, used for strong negation with 'na'.