महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-38

उच्छिष्टं नैव भुञ्जीयां न कुर्यां पादधावनम् ।
न चाहं पुरुषानन्यान्संभाषेयं कथंचन ॥३८॥

38. ucchiṣṭaṁ naiva bhuñjīyāṁ na kuryāṁ pādadhāvanam ,
na cāhaṁ puruṣānanyānsaṁbhāṣeyaṁ kathaṁcana.

38. ucchiṣṭam na eva bhuñjīyām na kuryām pādadhāvanam
na ca aham puruṣān anyān saṃbhāṣeyam kathaṃcana

38. I will certainly not eat left-over food, nor will I wash feet. And I will certainly not speak with any other men at all.

38. לא אאכל שאריות של אחרים, לא ארחץ את רגליו של איש, ובשום אופן לא אשוחח עם גברים זרים.

Words meanings summery:

• उच्छिष्टम् (ucchiṣṭam) - left-over food (left-over, remnant, impure food)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - certainly (only, indeed, just)

• भुञ्जीयाम् (bhuñjīyām) - I will eat (I might eat, I should eat)

• न (na) - nor (not, no)

• कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I will wash (I might do, I should do)

• पादधावनम् (pādadhāvanam) - foot-washing

• न (na) - and not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men (men, male persons)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (other, different)

• संभाषेयम् (saṁbhāṣeyam) - I will speak (I might speak, I should speak, I might converse)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all (in any way, at all, by any means)

Words meanings and morphology

उच्छिष्टम् (ucchiṣṭam) - left-over food (left-over, remnant, impure food)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ucchiṣṭa

ucchiṣṭa - left-over, remnant, impure food

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ud-śiṣ

Prefix: ud

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Used as a noun

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

भुञ्जीयाम् (bhuñjīyām) - I will eat (I might eat, I should eat)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhuj

Optative 1st singular active

Root: bhuj (class 7)

न (na) - nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कुर्याम् (kuryām) - I will wash (I might do, I should do)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of kṛ

Optative 1st singular active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पादधावनम् (pādadhāvanam) - foot-washing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pādadhāvana

pādadhāvana - washing of feet

Compound noun

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (pāda+dhāvana)

• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• dhāvana – washing, cleaning
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dhāv
  Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: Object of kuryām

न (na) - and not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men (men, male persons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, cosmic person (puruṣa)

Note: Object of saṃbhāṣeyam

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Modifies puruṣān

संभाषेयम् (saṁbhāṣeyam) - I will speak (I might speak, I should speak, I might converse)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of bhāṣ

Optative 1st singular active

Prefix: sam

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - at all (in any way, at all, by any means)

(indeclinable)

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