Bhagavad Gita · 17.9
॥
Devanāgarī
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः ।
आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣṇa-tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥ |
āhārā rājasasyeṣṭā duḥkha-śokāmaya-pradāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनःkaṭu-amla-lavaṇa-ati-uṣṇa-tīkṣṇa-rūkṣa-vidāhinaḥbitter (kaṭu), sour (amla), salty (lavaṇa), too (ati) hot (uṣṇa), pungent (tīkṣṇa), dry (rūkṣa), and burning (vidāhinaḥ).
आहाराःāhārāḥfood.
राजसस्य इष्टाःrājasasya iṣṭāḥthat which is desired (iṣṭāḥ) by a person in the guṇa of passion (rājasasya).
दुःखशोकामयप्रदाःduḥkha-śoka-āmaya-pradāḥthat which brings (pradāḥ) suffering (duḥkha), sorrow (śoka), and disease (āmaya).
Translation
“Food that is too bitter, too sour, too salty, too hot, pungent, dry, or burning is dear to people in the guṇa of passion. Such food brings suffering, sorrow, and disease.”
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