BG - 17.10

यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।

yāta-yāmaṁ gata-rasaṁ pūti paryuṣhitaṁ cha yat uchchhiṣhṭam api chāmedhyaṁ bhojanaṁ tāmasa-priyam

• yāta-yāmam - stale foods
• gata-rasam - tasteless
• pūti - putrid
• paryuṣhitam - polluted
• cha - and
• yat - which
• uchchhiṣhṭam - left over
• api - also
• cha - and
• amedhyam - impure
• bhojanam - foods
• tāmasa - to persons in the mode of ignorance
• priyam - dear

Translation

That which is stale, tasteless, putrid, rotten, rejected, and impure is the food liked by the Tamasic.

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