BG - 17.9

कट्वम्ललवणात्युष्णतीक्ष्णरूक्षविदाहिनः।आहारा राजसस्येष्टा दुःखशोकामयप्रदाः।।17.9।।

kaṭv-amla-lavaṇāty-uṣhṇa- tīkṣhṇa-rūkṣha-vidāhinaḥ āhārā rājasasyeṣhṭā duḥkha-śhokāmaya-pradāḥ

• kaṭu - bitter
• amla - sour
• lavaṇa - salty
• ati-uṣhṇa - very hot
• tīkṣhṇa - pungent
• rūkṣha - dry
• vidāhinaḥ - chiliful
• āhārāḥ - food
• rājasasya - to persons in the mode of passion
• iṣhṭāḥ - dear
• duḥkha - pain
• śhoka - grief
• āmaya - disease
• pradāḥ - produce

Translation

The foods that are bitter, sour, salty, overly hot, pungent, dry, and burning are liked by the Rajasic and are productive of pain, grief, and disease.

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