महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-46, verse-21

ग्रासादाच्छादनाच्चान्यन्न गृह्णीयात्कथंचन ।
यावदाहारयेत्तावत्प्रतिगृह्णीत नान्यथा ॥२१॥

21. grāsādācchādanāccānyanna gṛhṇīyātkathaṁcana ,
yāvadāhārayettāvatpratigṛhṇīta nānyathā.

21. grāsāt ācchādanāt ca anyat na gṛhṇīyāt kathaṃcana
yāvat āhārayet tāvat pratigṛhṇīta na anyathā

21. grāsāt ca ācchādanāt anyat kathaṃcana na gṛhṇīyāt
yāvat āhārayet tāvat pratigṛhṇīta na anyathā

21. One should not accept anything beyond a mere morsel of food and covering (clothing), under any circumstances. One should accept only as much as is necessary for sustenance, and no more.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रासात् (grāsāt) - from a mouthful, from a morsel of food

• आच्छादनात् (ācchādanāt) - from covering, from clothing

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अन्यत् (anyat) - other, anything else

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• गृह्णीयात् (gṛhṇīyāt) - one should take, one should accept

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way, by no means (with negation)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as

• आहारयेत् (āhārayet) - one should maintain, one should feed

• तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long

• प्रतिगृह्णीत (pratigṛhṇīta) - one should accept, one should receive

• न (na) - not, no, nor

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रासात् (grāsāt) - from a mouthful, from a morsel of food

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of grāsa

grāsa - a mouthful, a morsel, food

From 'gras' (to swallow).

Root: gras (class 1)

आच्छादनात् (ācchādanāt) - from covering, from clothing

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ācchādana

ācchādana - covering, clothing, garment

From 'ā-chad' (to cover) + suffix 'ana'.

Prefix: ā

Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Used with 'anyat' to mean 'other than'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अन्यत् (anyat) - other, anything else

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

गृह्णीयात् (gṛhṇīyāt) - one should take, one should accept

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of grah

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular of root 'grah'.

Root: grah (class 9)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all, in any way, by no means (with negation)

(indeclinable)

From 'katham' (how) + 'cana' (an indefinite particle).

यावत् (yāvat) - as much as, as long as

(indeclinable)

आहारयेत् (āhārayet) - one should maintain, one should feed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ

Causal stem

Optative mood, active voice, 3rd person singular of causal stem 'hāray' with prefix 'ā'. 'ā-hṛ' in causal means 'to cause to obtain, to nourish, to feed, to maintain'.

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तावत् (tāvat) - so much, so long

(indeclinable)

प्रतिगृह्णीत (pratigṛhṇīta) - one should accept, one should receive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of prati-grah

Optative mood, middle voice, 3rd person singular of root 'grah' with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no, nor

(indeclinable)

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, differently

(indeclinable)

From 'anya' (other) + suffix 'thā'.